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Doom (2016 video game)

Doom (2016), aka Doom 4, is id Software's reboot of the 1993 shooter, released May 13, 2016 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Known for push-forward combat, Glory Kills, Mick Gordon's soundtrack, and Vulkan support.

Doom (film)

Doom is a 2005 American science fiction action horror film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, starring Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, and Rosamund Pike, adapted from the 1993 video game.

Doom (franchise)

Doom (franchise): id Software's sci-fi horror FPS series (1993-2025), from DOOM and deathmatch coinage through id Tech 8's DOOM: The Dark Ages; WAD modding, shareware, sales, and reception.

Doom (group)

Doom are an English crust punk band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1987, whose early run is considered pivotal in the rise of crust punk.

Doom 3

Doom 3 (2004), id Software's id Tech 4 horror shooter reboot on id Tech 4, known for real-time lighting, the flashlight-versus-weapon mechanic, BFG Edition, and divided reception versus classic Doom's fast action.

Doom 64

Doom 64 is Midway's 1997 Nintendo 64 first-person shooter, a sequel to Doom II with a modified Doom engine, colored lighting, and Aubrey Hodges' ambient score; re-released by Nightdive in 2020.

Doom at Your Service (어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다)

Doom at Your Service (어느 날 우리 집 현관으로 멸망이 들어왔다) is a 2021 South Korean fantasy romance series on tvN starring Park Bo-young and Seo In-guk.

Doom Crew Inc.

Doom Crew Inc. is Black Label Society's eleventh studio album, released November 26, 2021 via MNRK Heavy; a tribute to the band's road crew and fanbase, recorded with Zakk Wylde, John DeServio, Jeff Fabb, and Dario Lorina.

Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal (id Software, Bethesda, March 20, 2020) is a fast-paced first-person shooter, direct sequel to DOOM (2016), with Glory Kill/Chainsaw/Flame Belch resource combat, BATTLEMODE 2v1 multiplayer, and The Ancient Gods two-part campaign DLC.

Doom II

Doom II (Doom II: Hell on Earth) is id Software's 1994 MS-DOS first-person shooter sequel to Doom, released October 1994 with the same engine, more weapons, retail-only distribution, and over 1.5 million copies sold.

Doom metal

Doom metal: slow-tempo, downtuned heavy metal subgenre rooted in Black Sabbath's 1970 debut, named in the mid-1980s via Candlemass's Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, with branches including stoner doom, sludge, death doom, gothic, funeral, and drone.

Doom Patrol

The Doom Patrol is a DC Comics superhero team created by Arnold Drake, Bob Haney, and Bruno Premiani, first appearing in My Greatest Adventure #80 (1963). Outcasts Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, and the Chief died heroically in 1968, were revived, and were famously reinvented by Grant Morrison; adapted as a 2019-2023 TV series and relaunched in comics in 2026.

Doom Patrol (TV series)

Doom Patrol (2019–2023) is a DC Comics superhero comedy-drama series developed by Jeremy Carver, starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, April Bowlby, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Timothy Dalton; 46 episodes across four seasons on DC Universe and HBO Max.

Doom: Annihilation

Doom: Annihilation is a 2019 American science fiction horror action film written and directed by Tony Giglio, based on id Software's Doom video game series.

Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom: The Dark Ages (DOOM: The Dark Ages) is id Software's 2025 prequel to DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal, a medieval stand-and-fight shooter built on the Shield Saw parry mechanic, id Tech 8 ray tracing, and the 2026 Revelations DLC.

Doomcoming

Doomcoming is an episode of Yellowjackets season 1, directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer, written by Ameni Rozsa and Sarah L. Thompson, released January 9, 2022, in which the stranded team throws a doomed wilderness party.

Doomed to Die (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)

"Doomed to Die" is the seventh episode of the second season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, released on Prime Video in 2024.

Doomed! (album)

Doomed! (DOOMED!: Rap Songs About a Relationship That Ends in Every Possible Universe) is a 2026 collaborative breakup concept album by rapper Open Mike Eagle and producer Kenny Segal, released on Backwoodz Studioz/Rhymesayers, 15 tracks, 41 minutes, guests billy woods, Gothic Tropic, Hemlock Ernst.

Doomer

Doomer is a 2018 4chan Wojak meme character, a depressed young man in a black beanie and hoodie with a nihilistic outlook, contrasted with Bloomer, tied to doomer wave music and older peak-oil usage.

Doomguy

Doomguy, also known as the Doom Slayer, is the silent space marine protagonist of id Software's Doom series, first appearing in 1993; a fan nickname later made official, defined by silence and HUD facial expressions.

Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling (doomsurfing) is compulsive scrolling through negative online news, a term from 2018 Twitter popularized during COVID-19 in 2020; meta-analyses link it to anxiety, depression, and distress, though causality is unestablished.

Doomsday (2008 film)

Doomsday (2008) is a science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall, starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, and Malcolm McDowell. Scotland is quarantined behind a wall after the Reaper virus; 25 years later a team returns for a cure. Mixed reviews, 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Doomsday (DC Comics)

Doomsday is a DC Comics supervillain, a Kryptonian engineered monster created by Dan Jurgens who first appeared in Superman: The Man of Steel #17-18 (1992) and killed Superman in the Death of Superman storyline, returning from death each time evolved beyond what killed him.

Doomsday argument

The Doomsday argument, also called the Carter-Leslie or Gott doomsday argument, is a probabilistic argument claiming humanity's early extinction is likelier than estimated, from birth rank or Copernican time sampling; contested via the self-indication assumption and reference-class objections.

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock, symbolic clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists warning of human-made catastrophe; created 1947 by artist Martyl Langsdorf at 7 minutes to midnight; set at 85 seconds to midnight in 2026, its closest ever, by the Science and Security Board.

Doomsday Clock (comics)

Doomsday Clock is DC Comics' 12-issue 2017–2019 maxiseries by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, a Watchmen sequel crossing Doctor Manhattan, Rorschach, and Ozymandias into the DC Universe as the conclusion of Rebirth.

Doomsday cult

A doomsday cult, also called an apocalyptic cult, is a group, usually a new religious movement, whose members believe the world will soon end and organize their lives around that expectation.

Doomsday device

A doomsday device, or Doomsday Bomb, is a hypothetical weapon designed to kill most or all of humanity, conceived by Leo Szilard in 1950 and analyzed by Herman Kahn.

Doomsday rule

The Doomsday rule, or Doomsday algorithm, is a mental-calculation method devised by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1973 that gives the weekday for any Gregorian calendar date.

Doomwatch

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC, running from 1970 to 1972, about a government scientific body investigating environmental and technological hazards.