Jasper Carmack

It's a bit of an ancient post now, but send me a DM and I'll see if I can get a copy to you. I've been meaning for a -very- long time to re-photograph these with a decent DSLR, but I lack the photographic setup required to do so.

I am so down for this! Stocking up on everything I need to crunch through it this weekend :D

It's so great seeing other people enjoy Call of Cthulhu: DCOTE. There's a documentary on the making of the game in the works atm. It had a huge development history which spanned many years of development hell, and varying iterations of the game. A solid chunk of the overall game was also cut to meet the release schedule (the current ending of the game was more of a halfway point originally, with the player traveling to the arctic afterwards). Have also been going through some old favourites; LA Noire, Alan Wake, Resident Evil Remake, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

Looks like an AI Generated image where I can't quite tell what I'm looking at.

I'd substitute the word "normal" with "common". Normal is a very hard thing to define, but a general form of anxiety is extremely common worldwide. You're absolutely not alone in feeling this way. If the anxiety is 'raw', and it seems to affect how you feel about pretty much anything, it's considered generalised anxiety. In regards to generalised anxiety, it's very normal to feel this way under a variety of circumstances. Generalised Anxiety has a heap of causes ranging from stress, diet, environmental factor, genetics, etc. If you feel that the generalised anxiety may be becoming excessive or way too frequent without a cause, the first thing I'd examine is everything you consume, overall physical fitness, etc. For one example, regular or high caffeine intake is a surefire way for some people with specific genetics and physiology (but certainly not all people) to develop some pretty significant underlying anxiety. Everyone is different, and you can get anxiety from even the smallest things such as certain chemical compounds in food or environment. Usually it's an indicator that the body is trying to tell you it's unhappy in someway, but it's purely a reactive response, and sadly our body is very poor at telling you -what- has made you feel this way. I've found it's helped me immensely to ask these questions when I notice anxiety kicking in: What have I eaten / drunk / consumed in the last 12 hours? What kinds of physical activities have I undertaken, or not undertaken? Have I encountered, or been in contact with negative people who are toxic or miserable (This is a big one! Humans are social creatures, and as such we're very dependent on social interactions as a need, just as we need water and oxygen. Toxic or bitter people can be infectiously negative. You might not realise it until later, but if you find that you walk away from a conversation with someone feeling worse than when you entered, it's a sign that person is bad business.) If you can find a good diet that works for you, and build a friendbase of good, supportive friends, you'll notice your problems with anxiety get -a lot- better, I guarantee it. :) At the same time, keep your chin up! The world has good and bad to offer, and things are always capable of getting better for you if you're willing to give it a serious shot. You got this!

I'm 100% onboard to have these properly scanned in 3d, or professional photos with a good camera, green-screen backdrop and lighting. Sadly, I do lack the equipment for these, but if there is a DOOM enthusiast in Australia or in the Brisbane area who would be interested in assisting, I'd love to make this happen and get some history preserved :) Would also love to fire up the Eager Beaver sometime and get some real recordings, although the ones in the game were based on stock sounds if memory serves, but it would be nice to at least get some authentic recordings for fan use. I found what I believed to be the Beretta toy water pistol many years ago, but importation into Australia would have been difficult as it may have constituted a replica gun at the time. If memory serves me, it was some kind of large 1980s toy water gun in bright orange. Rocket Launcher was hand-painted according to John Romero last time I spoke with him although there's also a 1980s Rambo Rocket Launcher toy which has some similar shapes, but I would have to do some comparisons. Maybe it was a combination of painting and photos?

Hello all, Back when I went under the moniker "Blackmantis" here, I took some (rookie) photographs of the original toys / models used for DOOMs weapons and they've ended up in the odd thread here and there. Since then, a few people have suggested I upload them, so here's all the photos I've taken. I do apologise in advance for the quality as they're not brilliant and were mostly just quick photos to show people how they appeared. If there is any DOOM enthusiasts in the Brisbane area who are also photographers and would be interested in doing a proper shoot of these with coloured backdrops and good lighting, please get in touch with me as I'd love to help get these captured in high quality so they can be used for sprites! I put a few preview shots in the attachments for this thread. Download the DOOM toy weapon photos here The collection consists of: Chainsaw (A McCulloch Eager Beaver 2.0 chainsaw) Shotgun (a Tootsietoy Dakota cap gun) Chaingun (A Tootsietoy Ol' Painless gatling gun) Plasma Rifle (The end of a 1980s RAMBO M-60 toy dart gun) BFG 9000 which is a "Roargun" made by Creatoy.