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Doom cover artist passes away at 73
Don Ivan Punchatz, the artist behind one of the most recognizable game covers in history, passed away yesterday at the age of 73.
Punchatz created cover art for numerous publications in his life, from books to games, to magazines like National Geographic and Newsweek, but for gamers, he was known for that iconic cover of that iconic game; Doom.
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Dwayne Johnson admits the Doom film was a failure
Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, who starred in 2005’s “Doom” movie, and adaptation of the game of the same name, has come out and said that they failed when making the movie, adding:
“Now, there’s been great video game that have been made into movies. Our goal with Doom was not only to appeal to its audience, but maybe break out into the sci-fi or thriller genres. That just didn’t happen for us. It always just comes down to writing and material.”
As they say in Hollywood, when things go wrong you can always blame the writer. Doom was released in 2005 and received mostly negative reviews and raked in some $30 million at the box office.