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I just remember the first time I heard about the BFG
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I just remember the first time I heard about the BFG, my friend's dad who installed it...

James Rolfe: [about "Doom"] I just remember the first time I heard about the BFG, my friend's dad who installed it on his computer and he said, "Oh, there's this gun in the game that just obliterates everything. It's called the BFG." And then the dad goes, "You know what that stands for?" And we're like, "What?"
John Romero: Big Fucking Gun.
James Rolfe: And we're like, "Oh shit! Your dad's cool!"

Full Transcript

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I just remember the first time I heard about the BFG
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my friend's dad who installed it on his computer
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Then he said 'Oh there's this gun in the game that just obliterates everything
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It's called the BFG ' And then the dad goes 'You know what that stands for '
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And we're like 'What '
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Big fucking gun
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And we're like 'Oh shit your dad's cool '
Duration
21 seconds
Views
70
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:37
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
I remember the BFG. We're trying to decide what it's gonna shoot. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
I remember the BFG. We're trying to decide what it'...
So, John Romero set it up where it shot every sprite in the game. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
So, John Romero set it up where it shot every sprite in the ...
Like just these balls of colorfulness going everywhere. It's like, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:15
Like just these balls of colorfulness going everywhere. It&#...
What really made Doom was the whole game. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
What really made Doom was the whole game.
The fact that it had those really awesome levels, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
The fact that it had those really awesome levels,
Um, 'Oh shit, it's October, and we don't have multiplayer like we said in that press release.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:17
Um, 'Oh shit, it's October, and we don't...
I remember the magic of that moment of just, like, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:18
I remember the magic of that moment of just, like,
Seeing that for the first time on a screen, I was just like, 'This is so good.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:20
Seeing that for the first time on a screen, I was just like,...
I'm the reason you get a negative frag if you go up and kill yourself. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
I'm the reason you get a negative frag if you go up and...
Oh, bit. Oh, give me that shotgun, boy. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
Oh, bit. Oh, give me that shotgun, boy.
We want this to be, like, a thing that, you know, you go to this number, and you win - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
We want this to be, like, a thing that, you know, you go to ...
So, I came up with those parameters immediately, and then I was like, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
So, I came up with those parameters immediately, and then I ...
But, I went into the art room, and I said, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
But, I went into the art room, and I said,
'Cause I don't want to use 'kills, 'cause that's lame.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
'Cause I don't want to use 'kills, 'caus...
I guess there's people that dropped out of college for it too, so I feel bad about that. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
I guess there's people that dropped out of college for ...
Early on, even when we were doing the Commander Keen games, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
Early on, even when we were doing the Commander Keen games,
We were doing something like nobody had ever seen before, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
We were doing something like nobody had ever seen before,
The very end of Doom, we had worked 30 hours straight, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:14
The very end of Doom, we had worked 30 hours straight,
He's on the University of Wisconsin's FTP server, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:22
He's on the University of Wisconsin's FTP server,
And so the, the upload stops, and Jay gets on the phone, he calls them up, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:32
And so the, the upload stops, and Jay gets on the phone, he ...