TNS #721 - Amalgoom (Part III)
2025-06-05 • Keyboard_Doomer • (TNS News)



Date: Thursday 5th June 2025
Euro session: 19:00 BST

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After the dominance of Romero-McGee mashups in the first episode and bonus maps, the final stretch of Amalgoom leads us knee-deep into the world of Sandy Petersen mashing up with... Sandy Petersen. The ruthless rivalry between the corridor-loving architect of Doom 1 and the brown-enamored mastermind of Doom 2 is undeniable so I'm sure you're dying to see the attempts to reconcile the differences of these sworn adversaries!

 

TNS #720 - Amalgoom (Part II)


2025-05-29 • Keyboard_Doomer • (TNS News)



Date: Thursday 29th May 2025
Euro session: 19:00 BST

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We're taking another swig of the concoction of Doom, Doom 2 and modern mapping and the taste is largely what you would expect - familiar environments with the maps getting a bit longer and their inhabitants a bit more unfriendly - except, the secret maps may take an unpredicted turn and enrich the flavor to not let your palate get too accustomed to the familiar taste!

 

TNS #719 - Amalgoom (Part I)


2025-05-22 • Keyboard_Doomer • (TNS News)



Date: Thursday 22nd May 2025
Euro session: 19:00 BST

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Amalgoom is a community project that took its creative premise a step further than most would: the idea of merging (amalgamating) Doom and Doom 2 maps at the same position (e.g. E1M3 and MAP03) is applied not only to the maps themselves but also to the all-new soundtrack. The design also isn't stuck in the '90s and the fusion of the 2 worlds gets combined further with the world of the modern Doom mapping into a universe where everything, yet nothing, is new!

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TNS #718 - Pale Horse (Part II)


2025-05-15 • Keyboard_Doomer • (TNS News)



Date: Thursday 15th May 2025
Euro session: 19:00 BST

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If you've been missing more grayness in your life, here's your second and last opportunity before we go back into the world of colors. With the wad's maps described as "mostly at reasonable difficulty", I'll let you ponder on your own what that might mean for the final stretch of our Pale Horse ride!

 

TNS #717 - Pale Horse (Part I)


2025-05-08 • Keyboard_Doomer • (TNS News)



Date: Thursday 8th May 2025
Euro session: 19:00 BST

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Pale Horse is a megawad featuring no horses, or pales for that matter, but 28 maps of grayscale wall and floor textures. Making for a gloomy experience to contrast with the bloomy part of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, let us embrace for a couple weeks this world of 50 shades of grayscale!