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Merry Holidays, everyone! Celebrate the holiday spirit this with this festive video.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Valenti- wait a minute, why is the camouflage pattern on Duke 3D's Pig Cop Tank the same as the one on the camo walls in Final Doom's Plutonia? You lied to me, @dukenukemgame @DOOM! You betrayed me! You used me! #dukelore #doomlore #Valentines

As a non-joke addendum, I don't send out friend requests on Steam out of the blue. Always be wary of such impersonation scams. #vernetroyer! #varginha

I've received reports that Steam scammers are impersonating my profile and sending friend requests. If you ever need to verify it's really me, always check for Verne and Varginha Remastered Playtest. In other words, if it ain't got Mini-Me in Varginha, it ain't me (in Varginha).

@3dfxlegacy @DOOM @DoomMovie Yep, I've got both Doom 3 novels sitting by my bed. I haven't had the time to read them, however.

@SlappyCromwell @DOOM @DoomMovie Nice collection, I'm looking for the soundtrack. Did you know that the theater poster was used in a Russian bootleg version of Doom for GBA? PS: The novel has more information; I liked it so much. Do you know the novel of Doom3?

All this excitement over the new Doom: Annihilation movie has inspired me to gather my Doom The Movie selection again, this time expanded to include the novel, soundtrack, and a full size marquee theater poster. What do I win, @DOOM @DoomMovie? #doom #doommovie

Today, we all come together to celebrate a joyous occasion. That's right, today we celebrate the 10th anniversary of my pinned tweet, which is clearly the best there is, the best there was, and the best pinned tweet there ever will be. #merrychristmas #badmagic #polonia

@valvesoftware BEHIND THE SCENES INFO: I wrote this tweet one year ago intending it as a flippant response which coincided with the 2025 reprint of Raising the Bar that'd also include this Stalker artwork, making it timely. But RTB '25 is yet to appear. @valvesoftware, when is the bar raising?

I see all these people always talking about Half-Life 3, and yet no one talks about the fact that the Stalker concept art in the Half-Life 2 anniversary documentary is so heavily cropped. Why do you not want us to see, like, 80% of the beta Stalker, @valvesoftware? #halflife

I wanted to assure everyone that the Ivan and Monkey picture is not lost media as it had always been safely preserved. Perhaps by viewing this image you may also be a part in ensuring its historical legacy for future generations. #halflife #gordonandamonkey

YEARLY THANKSGIVING REDNECK RAMPAGE FU FACT: If you "Yeehaw!" in a barrel, you're rewarded with a whole 10 bonus health points instead of the normal 1! Be sure to use this elite tactic to give yourself the edge in your next Redneck Rampage multiplayer competition! #Thanksgiving

On this day and no other, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ricochet, unleashed Nov. 14, 2000 with Counter-Strike. As its Steam page is wrong, I suggest finding a way of remembering Ricochet's correct birthday. It's easy for me since today is also my own birthday. #ricochet2

Once again, Valve's deceit fools an unsuspecting populace: Ricochet's release date on Steam is false. Ricochet released November 14, 2000 in the retail disc version of Counter-Strike. But fear not, for I continue my 20+ years vigilance against Valve's Ricochet lies! #ricochet2

After some consideration, I think I should apologize... Apologize for not posting even 'more' tweets stolen from me because I ran out of space the first time! Heyooo! #hackfraudery #hackplagiary #blinkingvideo

Have no fear, people! I've heard your calls, and I want to assure the public that I've been gathering the evidence to create the call out post to end all call out posts! #hackfraudery #hackplagiary JFYI, if you ever see a good tweet, I'd say it's pretty safe to assume I wrote it

@SlappyCromwell i am number one record holder of rev problem speedrun. can i get a follow youtu.be/5A6tL42TL4o?si…

I searched and could only find 20+ year old forum posts mentioning this, so here's the Return to Castle Wolfenstein "I need ammo!" reference in Sealab 2021. To any surviving show creators: See? One guy did recognize the reference. And I even remembered it too! Totally worth it!

@MegaBrutal I can't give an exact technical explanation, but the general gist as I understand the matter is that the game logic is based on continuously counting timers, and when these timers run for a long enough period to reach excessive numeric values, the dependent game logic can break.

@SlappyCromwell Do you have any idea what might cause this? youtu.be/xhLe95FfqCI

@valvesoftware Good news, everyone! The artist has been identified! This piece was apparently commissioned a Half-Life fan out there and drawn by one "Karstens". web.archive.org/web/2002060315… But now this begs the question: Who was that fan?

After years of searching, I finally refound my favorite 90s Half-Life fan art of all time! Sadly, I lost the artist's name literal decades ago, but what mere name can do justice to a masterpiece? Hey @valvesoftware, please cancel HLX and remake this picture. #halflife

@The88gun @valvesoftware Thank you! That was exactly the clue I was looking for.

@SlappyCromwell @valvesoftware This looks similar to the artist who goes with the alias "Karstens". Mostly known for r34 stuff in the early 2000s. I could be wrong, but it shares several features such as the color palette, style of lining, facial caracteristics etc... Most of his stuff is NSFW.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the original “WTF BOOM” meme getting uploaded to the internet. Many may not know this, but the explosion and laughter comes from our “Cold Fear” video we did for Ubisoft back in 2005. Thank you for keeping the legacy alive.