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Is there even anybody left at id who was involved in Doom's development to justify the "Doom's Creator" in the title?

I had always assumed that id Software under ZeniMax is a completely different company, different people, different tech stack, different ethics. But as an outsider of course I don't know how much of this is true.

edit: Bethesda => ZeniMax

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Ok, we've gotten rid of the creator from the title above.

> Is there even anybody left at id who was involved in Doom's development to justify the "Doom's Creator" in the title?

I assumed it was referring to John Carmack before reading the article.

Likewise but since it's now owned by Bethesda, no surprises here whatsoever. Bethesda has been awful since day one.

Carmack & Romero IP Law LLC

Genuinely, I thought it would be John Carmack presenting a critique of the infinite scroll mechanic present in every fucking app these days.

I’m puzzled as to who is acting when id Software, under Zenimax Media, under Microsoft, takes legal action.

Maybe it is all about Elder Scrolls...

Right didn’t they sue Mojang for the card game “Scrolls”

I also got curious. These two people still seem to be there:

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Kevin_Cloud

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Donna_Jackson

Doom is also the name of the franchise, not just the original game. And this franchise is still actively developed and maintained by ID Software. The latest incarnation is from last year. So technically the headline is not wrong.

And it seems with Kevin Cloud there is someone who worked on the original Doom 1, as also the latest incarnation Doom Eternal.

Yeah I read this and was like, "maybe say ZeniMax". I feel like they know what they're doing though.

Bingo. This is borderline clickbait. Just another instance of a giant corporation shitting on ordinary people. The real creators of DOOM are long gone, and wouldn't give a shit about something like this. Corporations, and lawyers, are as always a plague upon this earth.

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