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Experience the Joy of Loot Crates with this ‘Doom’ Mod
Loot boxes. The topic has reached a fever pitch over the past couple of weeks with news about EA’s shady tactics in Star Wars Battlefront 2, which has understandably angered many fans. Is it gambling? Is it a “pay to play” scheme that punishes players who don’t buy them? Whatever the case, a Doom modder has come up with a little something that brings modern gaming to the 25-year-old classic.
Created by ZDoom user Rip and Tear, Doom Loot Box Mod removes the weapons and powerups from the game, and replaces some of them with UAC crates. As you’d expect, these crates are locked. To open these crates, you need keys. How do you get them? The enemies that you kill have a small chance of dropping a key, which you can collect and use on these crates. And, since there’s no way to know what’s inside these crates, you’ll just have to take a gamble and open them.
Frustrating? You bet. Fun? Well, that’s entirely up to you. Odds are you probably won’t be getting a BFG-9000 right off the bat. Still, this can be one of those mods for late-night streamers who want a little “fun” in their gameplay.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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