8 Video Games That Pushed Petty Feuds
4. The Corpse Of Commander Keen - Doom II And Doom 2016
Before Doom, Id Software saw success with Wolfenstein 3D - but before Wolfenstein 3D, the studio was a pioneer in developing side-scrolling platformers for home computers in the form of Commander Keen. The series was massively influential, and has been referenced and paid homage to by dozens of later titles.
Sadly, the success of Wolfenstein 3D led Id to shift their focus to third person shooters, and the Keen series was effectively over.
Id themselves acknowledge the death of Commander Keen in hilarious fashion in 1994's Doom II. A secret map by the name of "Grosse" features a final room in which 4 clones of Keen's sprite are seen hanging from nooses.
The player can, and indeed must, shoot or punch these bodies until they explode into classic Doom-style giblets, with Keen's head resting comically on top of them. This is the only way to complete the level.
Doom 2016 also references Commander Keen's fate. Upon arriving in Hell, the player can find a skull on a spike wearing Keen's familiar yellow and green American football helmet.
In one final take-that to the platforming series, Bethesda - after rebooting Wolfenstein and Doom into excellent shooters for a new generation - then rebooted Commander Keen... into a free-to-play mobile climbing game.
There is no swear word strong enough.