This blog will now be known as the "Oubliette of Sepulchral Chaos"
One of my favorite parts of early, monster-infested first-person shooters was the names they'd give to the levels. Every time I reached a new level in Quake -- "Dimension of the Doomed", "House of Chthon", "The Ebon Fortress" -- I would quiver with laughter at the I'm-being-ironic-well-maybe-I'm-not aesthetic of John Romero.
Thus, I was thrilled to discover the "First-Person Shooter Level Name Generator". Pick the style of your imaginary level -- "military", "gothic", "alien", "industrial", etc. -- the various other vectors (such as whether it's characterized by "slime" or "fire", or whether it contains "Satanic words" or "Lovecraftian words"), and presto: It churns out a stylin' level name. I quickly generated such delights as ...
Entering Azathoth's Sepulchral Corridors
Zeus' Forbidden Zone
In Yog-Sothoth's Citadel of Hate
Crumbling Keep of Torment
Cathedral of Sickening Ruin
You could probably use this thing to generate the name for your next corporate project.
Posted by Clive Thompson at October 22, 2005 02:26 AM
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