LadyMistDragon

That's a petty attack....but also oddly accurate

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito

I think that was technically Lou Reed since it was from Lulu.

Eh, you can kind of hear the trash banging in the background. I won't be spending time hating on it but that is quite the take Although "My lifestyle determines my deathstyle!" is not the worst Metallica lyric. That honour belongs to "Suck on a bullet, suck on it, suck on it, suck it until its dry!" Speaks for it's fucking self.

I played through this entire thing btw. Enjoyed it a hell of a lot honestly

It's a good start! I can definitely see when you were first thinking of a Map 01 before things took a turn.

CAVE.WAD (1994) by Chris Tierney (Crispy Doom) The one /idgames review is entirely devoid of exaggeration and salt as it happens. There isn't lots here, but the layout makes zero sense, the signposting is close to non-existent when it comes to anything and the fact that not everything shows on the computer map that'll be missed if one doesn't wanna fool around in another bloody maze is just even worst. And why would there be 2 rooms off the main layout stuffed with enemies for no reason? Didn't lower the exit either, but to be honest, fine. The ceiling and floor textures are horribly blatant in their lack of inspiration. Not to mention most rooms here are horribly cramped. Like go around a corner in a few areas and run into a shotgunner instantly 1/10 One Hour Mapping (cont) Map 12: Since the name is so long, it's impossible to get a gander on the author's name and thanks to forgetfulness we'll never know. Anyway, the name that belongs in some ASS set is self-explanatory. Combat is kind of so-so, but gets pretty fierce at the end. The exit does come up suddenly though so if you miss some weapons who care Map 13: Another Knifeworld map, I would almost call this my least favorite one of his here but idk. It's certainly quite intimidating at first, the Cyber-spawning is respectfully dangerous and the factory building is a good outdrop. Placing pinkies behind it in a narrow corridor was probably not one of Knifeworld's better idea. But be grateful, we get a shotgun here Map 14: Yumheart again! The layout here is not unlike their map Coughing Crag although perhaps the threat is more spread out and fairer. It's no less deadly though, chaingunners are absolutely evil here and ammo is quite tightly controlled. And it's not practically over by the time we reach the ramparts either. But at that point, I'd spent entirely too much time on the map Map 15: A Death Bear techbase. Some attempts at twists but this is the easiest one in the set quite noticeably. Map 16: I'm vaguely aware of Ninth Burn. They bring us this cool crater map. Although I sort of guessed what it was about quickly and that's why not much time was spent on it. It's probably running kneck and neck with the Yumheart map for best so far Map 17: Hey, Jacek Nowak returns! Features his design traits of curving walkways and some deadly enemy placement but to be honest, combat felt a touch less concentrated and it's spread out in a way to make it not quite that compelling, despite a number of deadly encounters and lack of generosity with a rad suit for the lava here Map 18: Pro-RC enters the chat! The so-called 'spokesman' for the Afternoon Crew (a group I'm really not allowed to talk about so I'll leave it there) made a rejected DIY submission that wasn't half-bad. This leans more on the Plutonian cruelty end of things, but it isn't so difficult. Just don't assume it's over when the exit key is found:) Map 19: Gothic Box brings us this mansion with some obligatory switch pulling, boring teleport traps, and an even more boring monster closet ambush after pressing a nearby switch. Ending is respectable I guess. Map 20: Ok, this is probably easier than Death Bear's. Not much to really say here, it's a nice map with a decent secret or two but I've talked about it too much already.

So this book I was reading recently was about Katanga (Katanga: 1960-63, it's the first part of the title) and it was basically about a region in what would be the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo seceding at least in part because the central government was just garbage, along with the rather charismatic figure who was the self-proclaimed president during the period. Good amounts of tragedy, intrigue, characters, and other things which I really enjoy in history books.

Cold Hell (2017) Pretty nice and tense

I forgot, there's also NeoDoom!

I don't remember mentioning before so +1 to Doomed Urbex

That is one insane hot dog and I'm here for it.

How did Grungo discover Corridor 7 and when?

First album was much better but these are some kind of melodic lines here

Is this seriously the year of the solo megawads? :P Congrats on the release!

OHM 2 (2022) by Various (Nugget Doom) Basically, the second in a series of beating maps, then making them for the next person to repeat the process. Pretty solid collection I saw some streamer like Stxvile play before. Anyway, nevermind the bollocks because I don't have the energy for that. As such, expect very short descriptions (hopefully of each map but I make no promises). And where's the credits file, ehfuckit Map 01: A short thing probably taking off the Killer Colours concept, but not as difficult, although still plenty claustrophobic Map 02: Solmyr did this one. In some ways it's a little bit easier than some of his other effort, partially because there's plenty of ammo and also because one can move through with some effort. Map 03: By Knifeworld. Big, open, and brown. Probably not quite as hard as some of the shit he's done but anyway Map 04: A fort. And pick a shorter name Map 05: A sewer map by El Inferno. No surprise, I failed to clear the first room. Anyways, the next map.... Map 06:....is by Yumheart and to little surprise, it's the best of the maps played today! Basically an island of sorts with action like something from microslaughter CP but plenty of room to move at the same time. Nice and green too! Map 07: Another knifeworld map. Not quite a misfire but teleport traps into the same tiny room is like, totally something we've seen before breh Map 08: Pasokon Deacon contributes this one, arguably among the easier ones thus far, but follows a fairly standard style to that of Antares and BTSX with an open-ended layout with some intelligent enemy placement Map 09: A chainsaw-only map. It's a bout as fun as it sounds. Looks really nice however with a stately wooden aesthetic! But perhaps the mapper was wise to be credited as anonymous Map 10: Smaller than Solmyr's other map, this is kind of a series of fights in the same square surrounding a square but it was nice. Enemy hordes have some calculation to them. Map 11: Kind of like that Emblem map I played from Aethel, although monsters here are basically trash for the most part. Some nastiness can be found but expect kind of standard action. I'll still play through this but it will take some time

Oh right, I'm told Scorching Earth is Hellbound-esque but I've yet to personally verify it.

Tricky question. I'll just go with Inmost Dens but maybe that's more a function of concise intrigue. But really, who wants to see something like Factory for the billionth time? :P

If we're going to recommend valkirforce wads, may I suggest Mountain Gorge? Like the other maps mentioned, it's not terribly difficult.

Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday

Beyond that I think Map 06 could perhaps be balanced a little bit better, I don't have lots to say. These are pretty high-quality maps though regardless! No true stinker can be found.

Lost Civilization is very similar in scale, although the emphasis is more on natural landscapes.

I think one thing and write completely another :P