The Doom Master Wadazine #17 - Feat. the Wadazine Awards 2021, interview with Xenaero, Eight Megabytes or Bust, 3DO and Saturn Chronicles, Arrowhead's DM Reviews, the Wadazine Podcast

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Thanks to Maria Kinnun for the fantastic cover art! And the layout was done by @Nikoxenos

 

New year, new us! Or has that opportunity passed? Anyway, now we are back with everything and ready to give you a new surprise of... March! In this case, our #17 edition of the Doom Master Wadazine, full of fascinating articles and great recommendations just for the most hardcore Doom fans! That's right, I'm talking about those who play with the Panther XL only, because obviously that's the way DOOM must be played.

 

This edition brings a plethora of different articles on a few different fields of this fantastic game. Crossing over the high fields of multiplayer, we bring the 2nd part of the Multiplayer Article, this time with the introduction of the legendary Xenaero. We have a good dose of knowledge for fans of Doom console ports, and so many WADs that you won't be able to play them in your life. Or maybe you will.

 

And, of course, this feature brings you the Wadazine Awards 2021! Why that year? Because we are 3 months late and because we celebrate the best of the best of 2021 in the DOOM community!

 

We hope you enjoy this great edition!

 

» » Wadazine #17

» » Wadazine.com

 

And you can also find us on: 

The Doomshack --» https://doomshack.org/wadazine/

Chris Hansen's DOOM page --» https://windward.dk/TDR/?page_id=991

Ryath's web digitaleidoscope --» https://www.digitaleidoscope.com/wadazine/

 

Huge thanks to our graphic boys: @4MaTC and @Nikoxenos

 

Special thanks to our writers, contributors & helpers:

@Gaia74

@Arrowhead

@Eric Claus

@Roebloz

@Immorpher

@LadyMistDragon

@Remilia Scarlet

@Doom_Dude

 

And to our hosts:

@Doomkid, @Chris Hansen and @scwiba

 

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⫸ ⫸ Previous Issues ⫷ ⫷ 

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• The Doom Master Wadazine Prototype
• The Doom Master Wadazine #1 First Ever Issue
• The Doom Master Wadazine #2
• The Doom Master Wadazine #3
• The Doom Master Wadazine #4
• The Doom Master Wadazine #5
• The Doom Master Wadazine #6
• The Doom Master Wadazine #7 Halloween Special
• The Doom Master Wadazine #8 Wadazine Awards
• The Doom Master Wadazine #9
• The Doom Master Wadazine #10
• The Doom Master Wadazine #11
• The Doom Master Wadazine #12
• The Doom Master Wadazine #13
• The Doom Master Wadazine #14
• The Doom Master Wadazine #15 Halloween Special
• The Doom Master Wadazine #16

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Endless

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New WADazine, baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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This edition is dedicated to all those contributors who have been part of the history of this community, forging paths to explore, places to discover and demons to annihilate.

 

The Wadazine Awards 2021 seek to celebrate the love, passion and madness of DOOM. From the intricate manias of mapping art, to the underrated literary quality of this community. We want to shine a light on the best of the best of the year, and at the same time, share with all our readers a moment of good history celebration through the advancement of time.

 

The Wadazine Awards have a soft and open structure. They are designed to celebrate what we find to be great, and share it in an epic way with fans. But, we also have 3 special categories to award:

- KMXEXII Honorary Award: Celebrating the greatest authors in the field.

- The Master Scroll Award: Akin to something like a nobel award- celebrates the best write ups.

- The Master Crown Award: Celebrates the best mapper of the year.

 

 

And, of course, our Master Recommendations. The top WADs of the year in one place!

 

And now, for the winners:
 

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The KMXEXII Honorary Award goes to... @Demon of the Well !

 

 

 

The Master Scroll Award goes to... The Top 100 Memorable Maps !

 

 

 

 

 

The Master Crown Awards goes to... @Danlex !

 

And the Master Recommendations of this year are, including the last 3:

• The UnMaking by @scwiba
• Micro Slaughter Community Project by various authors led by @Bauul
• Bourgeois Megawad by @Decay, @Doomkid and @Razgriz
• Lullaby by @Danlex
• Heartland by @skillsaw
• DBP:37 Auger;Zenith by various authors led by @SuperCupcakeTactics
• Attack on Io by Bri @Bri
• DBK01: Dungeon Synths by various authors led by @Big Ol Billy
• Atmospheric Exctinction by @Velvetic
• Doomware by @Buu342
• Ozonia by @Deadwing
• RAMP by various authors led by @DavidN

 

 

To check the full feature in all its golden glory, read the Wadazine!

 

Congrats to all the winners!

Edited March 5, 2022 by Endless

[Roebloz]

Finally

 

(Read Console Doom Chronicles!)

[Immorpher]

Shout out to the Secret City Exchange for letting me bring in my Doom 64 cartridge, and opening it up for me, so I could get a picture of its circuit board for "Eight Megabytes or Bust!" And indeed that is a legit picture of a Doom 64 circuit board.

Here's a bonus thing that wasn't mentioned in the article. The circuit board in my Doom 64 cart has copyright text for 1996. Likely Nintendo manufactured a lot of the cartridge circuit boards to get ready for its release in 1996. Doom 64 was supposed to be a launch title for the system, so likely Midway bought a bunch of the circuit boards to get ready. But Doom 64 was delayed until 1997 so it had to wait a bit for its ROM chips to get added. Here's a higher resolution image for anyone wanting a good look: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/441/31005003233_9a40362b67_h.jpg

The circuit boards also have pieces that were cut off along the edges. I think they might be peg slots to keep the boards from moving out of place on the assembly line. Then they had to be cut off to fit into Nintendo's design of the outer cartridge casings. Or perhaps Nintendo had a different design of the outer cartridge case previously?

[Gaia74]

Awesome to see it finally out :)

[CoolerDoomeR]

It's finally out! 

Awesome!

[4MaTC]

49 minutes ago, Immorpher said:

Shout out to the Secret City Exchange for letting me bring in my Doom 64 cartridge, and opening it up for me, so I could get a picture of its circuit board for "Eight Megabytes or Bust!" And indeed that is a legit picture of a Doom 64 circuit board.

This is a top tier journalism, not just talking, but actually doing something!

[Endless]

1 minute ago, 4MaTC said:

This is a top tier journalism, not just talking, but actually doing something!

From the top tier D64 sage nonetheless ;)

[Wavy]

Congrats on the new release!

 

However, I would like to ask: What map(set) was used in this photo for the article on Angelic Aviary? It looks nice.

Spoiler

 

[Gaia74]

19 minutes ago, Wavy said:

Congrats on the new release!

 

However, I would like to ask: What map(set) was used in this photo for the article on Angelic Aviary? It looks nice.

  Hide contents

 

Ultimate Doom 2 Map 15

 

 

[Wavy]

1 minute ago, Gaia74 said:

Ultimate Doom 2 Map 15

Thanks! I'll check it out.

[azerty]

When I tried to read it using the wadazine site it still says 16 is the latest issue. Am I the only one with that problem?

[4MaTC]

1 minute ago, azerty said:

When I tried to read it using the wadazine site it still says 16 is the latest issue. Am I the only one with that problem?

We will update it soon! For now use the link Endless provided in first post

[Immorpher]

Oh and I like the idea of a podcast! When I was listening to the "Doom is Dead" podcast, I was really wanting a podcast to also cover the Doom single-player playing, mapping, and modding (not just multiplayer). You know I would be down to join in on any of the podcasts which cover Doom 64 stuff. Would be cool to talk about Doom engine games as well.

I think 3-person podcasts tend to work the most optimal (two hosts and a guest); like the Quakecast! Having two hosts helps keep the conversation going with interesting questions. I know sometimes places like to live stream their podcasts as well, which does bring the benefit of live chat questions. But Ty from "In The Keep" told me that he prefers not to do it live, so the guest feels more comfortable in speaking and that anything said could be deleted from the final show if needed.

[PasokonDeacon]

17 minutes ago, Immorpher said:

But Ty from "In The Keep" told me that he prefers not to do it live, so the guest feels more comfortable in speaking and that anything said could be deleted from the final show if needed.

I think avoiding live shows outside of special dates/releases makes the most sense for the international crew that the Wadazine attracts/is composed of. The old Evolution of the WAD series on Twitch definitely benefited from the spontaneity that a live video podcast format can bring, but that also burned out quite quickly because of the livestreaming/unscripted duress and scheduling woes that come with. We could find a middle ground between the entirely scripted nature of a Dean of Doom episode and the entirely off-the-cuff flow of a classic Evolution of the WAD stream.

 

For my part, I think pre-recorded video podcasts probing/dissecting various maps, sets, map tropes, and general topics of interest could be the way to go. There's a big gap left behind by Evolution of the WAD which sorely needs filling, particularly with "real-time" critical playthroughs of WADs old and new accompanied by deep dives via map/WAD editors. Coordinating these video podcasts with what's covered in adjacently-released Wadazine issues could be the way to go.

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6 minutes ago, PasokonDeacon said:

I think avoiding live shows outside of special dates/releases makes the most sense for the international crew that the Wadazine attracts/is composed of. The old Evolution of the WAD series on Twitch definitely benefited from the spontaneity that a live video podcast format can bring, but that also burned out quite quickly because of the livestreaming/unscripted duress and scheduling woes that come with. We could find a middle ground between the entirely scripted nature of a Dean of Doom episode and the entirely off-the-cuff flow of a classic Evolution of the WAD stream.

 

For my part, I think pre-recorded video podcasts probing/dissecting various maps, sets, map tropes, and general topics of interest could be the way to go. There's a big gap left behind by Evolution of the WAD which sorely needs filling, particularly with "real-time" critical playthroughs of WADs old and new accompanied by deep dives via map/WAD editors. Coordinating these video podcasts with what's covered in adjacently-released Wadazine issues could be the way to go.

Offline recording seems to be the best course of action, considering how diverse and continental distanced most of the Wadazine crew is lol

 

Btw, I don't think I've heard about the Evolution of the WAD series before, is there any VOD or file to hear?

 

I like the approach. I've always had interest in discussing anything related to the history of WADs, map making and the relations with Doom.

 

Taking notes of all the advice. Thanks a lot!

[PasokonDeacon]

1 minute ago, Endless said:

Offline recording seems to be the best course of action, considering how diverse and continental distanced most of the Wadazine crew is lol

 

Btw, I don't think I've heard about the Evolution of the WAD series before, is there any VOD or file to hear?

 

I like the approach. I've always had interest in discussing anything related to the history of WADs, map making and the relations with Doom.

 

You might notice a few luminaries in the cast, too! The later episodes get into some really nitty-gritty topics like how classic maps utilized Boom features, as well as creator interviews for projects like Double Impact.

[xvertigox]

Woo, new Wadzine day is the best day!I bought a new tablet (Galaxy Tab S7+) specifically for reading comics and mags and the Wadzine looks so fkn crisp on it. I've got all 17 issues so far zipped up and named appropriately from transferring it to my tablet so I've uploaded it here for any new readers that want to download all issues in one archive.

[Remilia Scarlet]

WOOOO!  Congrats on the release, everyone!

[LadyMistDragon]

I was sort of wishing we might get a few more 'mapping newcomer' awards. But production time was limited, and it's hard to know how much space gets used unless you're a graphic designer.

[Doomlover77]

Excellent wadazine. Read all of them now. They’ve been a very good read. 

For the next one could a history of the very first Doom wads be featured?
For issue 19 a feature on wad compilations including the Dwango series maybe. 

@Doomlover77  

Edited March 7, 2022 by Doomlover77

[out_of_service]

Good to see this is still going strong! A big thank you to everyone involved.

[CherubCorps]

Did not expect to see Angelic Aviary in the Wadzaine. That was a real treat to see.

 

Another really good issue.

[Endless]

16 hours ago, Doomlover77 said:

Excellent wadazine. Read all of them now. They’ve been a very good read. 

For the next one could a history of the very first Doom wads be featured? @Doomlover77  

That's a good and interesting idea I could tackle someday!

 

Noted :)

[Wyrmwood]

Another great issue, was checking almost daily during February, bit worried you'd had to stop or something but so glad to see your carrying on. Keep up the great work, PC gamer aside this is pretty much the best game magazine since the 90s.

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1 hour ago, Wyrmwood said:

Another great issue, was checking almost daily during February, bit worried you'd had to stop or something but so glad to see your carrying on. Keep up the great work, PC gamer aside this is pretty much the best game magazine since the 90s.

PC Gamer is a personal favorite of mine from back in the day, and a big influence on me! Here's an awesome article about Doom that I always love to re-read.

Thanks a lot for the kind words :)

 

[Doomlover77]

When is the next edition of the magazine coming out ? I can’t wait !

[LadyMistDragon]

NEVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

^{but seriously, the schedule is bimonthly or something close to that time frame at least. The release date is anyone's guess.}

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On 4/25/2022 at 10:05 AM, Doomlover77 said:

When is the next edition of the magazine coming out ? I can’t wait !

Wish I could give you an exact deadline! Unfortunately, the graphical design department has been quite tight for a while now, and while there's plenty of written material, it takes a while for it to be processed. After 17 free issues of this size and quality, it's a miracle we're still going!

 

I do recommend you to check out our website: https://wadazine.com/

 

You'll find some good reading material there in the meantime. And thanks for the kind words!