Chewyninja69 Posted October 19, 2017 As the title states, is there any famous person or celebrity who has confessed their true love for the Doom games? Excluding the Columbine shooters, of course (although I guess they should be considered infamous and not "famous", per se). And if so, who would be considered the most surprising fan? 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted October 19, 2017 Remember that picture of Nikki Ziering playing ZDaemon? 4 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted October 19, 2017 Joe Rogan from Fear Factor has an Ultimate Doom poster in the background in some of his podcast videos. He used to be a massive Quake fan. 7 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted October 19, 2017 theres a video if Conan Obrien playing the new Doom before it was released if that counts. 1 Share this post Link to post
Chewyninja69 Posted October 19, 2017 12 minutes ago, Memfis said: Remember that picture of Nikki Ziering playing ZDaemon? I do not but I looked it up to see what you were talking about. 0 Share this post Link to post
Megalyth Posted October 19, 2017 I hear John Romero is pretty good at death-match. 20 Share this post Link to post
mrthejoshmon Posted October 19, 2017 I heard Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson liked it from the extras on the Doom movie disc. Other than that I only know of "YouTube personalities" big and small liking it. 5 Share this post Link to post
Endless Posted October 19, 2017 I dont know about famous people, but theres this youtuber, Vargskelethor, that has some really cool and long Doom videos. Freaking fun to watch. 4 Share this post Link to post
MsKaye Posted October 19, 2017 Well, the most well known Doom loving celebrity was of course Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. There's a reason he hopped aboard Quake. But he apparently used to play the game quite a bit during tours. I also think I recall Michelle Rodriguez saying she liked Doom back in the day, but my memory may be fuzzy there. 5 Share this post Link to post
DoomUK Posted October 19, 2017 The late Robin Williams might have played some Doom in his time, he was certainly a big Quake fan. 3 Share this post Link to post
Ancalagon Posted October 19, 2017 If you consider someone famous when he has plenty of videos with millions of views on youtube, ciryak. 3 Share this post Link to post
Revved Posted October 19, 2017 I know Mike Nelson from MST3K was quite a fan back in the day, and I even saw a video on YouTube of him playing deathmatch at a convention with another MSTie. 2 Share this post Link to post
40oz Posted October 19, 2017 Its tough to find answers to this question. When I search "celebrities that play Doom" it doesn't return many specific results. I'm combing my memory for moments where someone you might know mentioned Doom. When I wear my doom shirt, random strangers I talk to tend to comment on it. Most people who have played doom love it. There are some id software retrospective documentaries and stuff you can find where both games journalists and commoners have extremely vivid memories of playing Doom and being in love with it. It might be a fun idea to tweet John Romero or John Carmack if there were any famous people that they were shocked to find out played and enjoyed Doom. 2 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted October 19, 2017 Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails loved Doom. 4 Share this post Link to post
Cynical Posted October 19, 2017 Trey Azathoth from Morbid Angel. He even made a wad, called "Chambers of Dis". 8 Share this post Link to post
[McD] James Posted October 19, 2017 Canibus once rapped about being a fan of Duke Nukem, so he's probably a fan of Doom as well. @Cynical Trey Azagthoth is probably better associated with Quake 3 than he is with Doom. He was the leader of the Sailor Scouts, who were well respected for their railgun accuracy. 1 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) Michelle Rodriguez 100%. She played Doom growing up. She's probably still here. One of us! 2 Share this post Link to post
Jaws In Space Posted October 19, 2017 Rich Kyanka the founder of Something Awful has 2 wads on Idgames & at lest one of them appears in Maximum Doom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Uncle 80 Posted October 19, 2017 Trey's map was crap, I remember playing it. Also, regarding his love for Quake, Morbid Angel does have a song called "Place Of Many Deaths" :) 1 Share this post Link to post
Major Arlene Posted October 19, 2017 Markiplier I guess, although the video he has on his channel is Brutal Doom, I don't know if he plays vanilla doom at all. I think he said he did when he was younger. 3 Share this post Link to post
MsKaye Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Ancalagon said: If you consider someone famous when he has plenty of videos with millions of views on youtube, ciryak. Fun fact, Cyriak isn't just a fan, he actually makes Doom maps. https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Cyriak_Harris_(mouldy) 3 Share this post Link to post
TMD Posted October 19, 2017 21 minutes ago, Major Arlene said: Markiplier I guess, although the video he has on his channel is Brutal Doom, I don't know if he plays vanilla doom at all. I think he said he did when he was younger. BD doesnt count 4 Share this post Link to post
Revae Posted October 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Revved said: I know Mike Nelson from MST3K was quite a fan back in the day, and I even saw a video on YouTube of him playing deathmatch at a convention with another MSTie. He mentions it in an episode too. One of the bots is making fun of his character for having been a temp and he's like "it was a pretty sweet gig, pretty much just hung out and played Doom..." He's talking about the character, but he probably wouldn't even have mentioned it if he wasn't a fan to some extent. 1 Share this post Link to post
pnptcn Posted October 19, 2017 Vin Diesel is probably a pretty good bet. He's about the right age, grew up playing D&D, and loves FPS. 2 Share this post Link to post
Brewtal_Legend Posted October 19, 2017 4 hours ago, mrthejoshmon said: I heard Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson liked it from the extras on the Doom movie disc. Something about the way he described Doom in that part and the fact that he was holding up his hands like he was using a controller made it seem like he was lying/faking about growing up playing doom when he was younger. I'm sure he played it right before filming to get an idea of what it was about, and maybe still plays now. But I really doubt his sincerity in that interview. 3 Share this post Link to post
Walter confetti Posted October 19, 2017 I knew about Trey Azagtoth, Trent Reznor (that have a big a part with quake making), cyriak and MarkPillar, also i could add james Rofle as a Doom fan, maybe Doug Walker (he quoted the bfg 9000 in his 80s ducktales review for a joke)? 1 Share this post Link to post
Lila Feuer Posted October 19, 2017 51 minutes ago, Brewtal_Legend said: Something about the way he described Doom in that part and the fact that he was holding up his hands like he was using a controller made it seem like he was lying/faking about growing up playing doom when he was younger. I'm sure he played it right before filming to get an idea of what it was about, and maybe still plays now. But I really doubt his sincerity in that interview. Well he could've potentially grown up with one of the numerous console ports that were available. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Brewtal_Legend said: Something about the way he described Doom in that part and the fact that he was holding up his hands like he was using a controller made it seem like he was lying/faking about growing up playing doom when he was younger. I'm sure he played it right before filming to get an idea of what it was about, and maybe still plays now. But I really doubt his sincerity in that interview. When he did an interview with Connan for another movie, he mentioned he's also doing Doom. What character are you playing? I'm the guy! he said or something similar. No he wasn't. I'd say Bones was "Doomguy." 0 Share this post Link to post
Revved Posted October 19, 2017 I know I posted this in another thread, but adding on to Trey Azagthoth, I should mention that I've seen a couple of live videos of Morbid Angel, where they actually played the music from the Playstation/Saturn version of Doom as ambient interludes between songs. 2 Share this post Link to post
Mr.Rocket Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) I don't know if this counts but History channels Modern Marvels always had a Doom door sound effect of it closing, for their intermission. Edited October 20, 2017 by Mr.Rocket 1 Share this post Link to post