Knee deep in history: 20 years of "Doom"[ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:54:23 GMT ]Twenty years ago Tuesday, id Software released "Doom," and the world of gaming has never been the same. While it wasn't the first shooter, it was inarguably one of the most influential, kicking off a new tradition both of complexity of gameplay — and of highly stylized, graphic violence.