Difference between revisions of "Rex Claussen"

From DoomWiki.org

[unchecked revision][checked revision]
(Automated edit - Update/verify map links for multi-level WADs; formatting)
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Rex Claussen''' (previously also known as "Gurkha Boy") has been playing Doom since 1994 and has been creating maps and modifications for it since 1999. As of December 2012 he had released 106 maps, many of which were in [[partial conversion|partial]] or [[total conversion]]s. Some of his bigger Doom projects are [[Paranoid]], a ''[[Wikipedia:Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]''-themed total conversion that got a nod for the 2010 [[Cacowards]]; [[The Darkest Hour]] and [[Dawn: A Prelude]], both total conversions set in the [[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]] universe (the former was one of the ten 2001 mods selected for [[Doomworld]]'s [[Top 100 WADs of All Time]]); and [[Phobos Revisited]], a 9-level replacement for [[Doom]] [[Knee-Deep in the Dead|Episode 1]] that received a Cacoward in 2004. His other major projects include [[Temple of the Ancients]], a [[WAD]] using graphics from the [[Wikipedia:Quake (series)|''Quake'' series of games]]; [[Phoenix Rising]], 5-level set using ''[[Wikipedia:Quake II|Quake II]]'' textures; [[A Hex on You]], a WAD using ''[[Hexen II]]'' textures; and [[Paranoia]], another ''Half-Life''-themed TC. He has also contributed a 3-map hub to [[TeamTNT]]'s [[Eternal Doom IV|Eternal Doom IV: Return from Oblivion]], which also received a Cacoward in 2008. He has created a 9-map Doom Episode I hub named [[The Phobos Directive]], a 9-map Doom Episode II replacement named [[Deimos: Slight Return]], and a 9-map Doom Episode III replacement named [[Infernos]].
+
'''Rex Claussen''' (previously also known as "Gurkha Boy") has been playing Doom since 1994 and has been creating maps and modifications for it since 1999. Some of his biggest Doom projects are total conversions set in the ''[[Wikipedia:Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' universes and recreations of the episodes from the original ''[[Doom]]''. He is also a member of [[TeamTNT]].
 +
 
 +
He has received a [[Top 100 WADs of All Time|Top 100 spot]] for [[The Darkest Hour]], a [[Cacowards|Cacoward]] for [[Phobos Revisited]] and another, shared with the other authors, for [[Eternal Doom IV]].
  
 
He maintains the [[DooM Nexus]], hosted by [[DRD Team]], on which he provides tutorials, presentations of his works, interviews with other modders, and reviews of other works.
 
He maintains the [[DooM Nexus]], hosted by [[DRD Team]], on which he provides tutorials, presentations of his works, interviews with other modders, and reviews of other works.
  
==Projects==
+
==Body of work==
*{{idgames|id=10570|title=A Hex on You}} (February 2000)
+
===1999===
*{{idgames|id=10671|title=Phoenix Rising}} (April 2000)
+
* [[Arena]] ({{ig|id=10514}})
*{{idgames|id=10888|title=Paranoia}} (September 2000)
+
* [[Quo Vadis]] ({{ig|id=10322}})
*{{idgames|id=11029|title=Temple of the Ancients}} (December 2000)
+
* [[Fear Island]] ({{ig|id=10388}})
*{{idgames|id=11385|title=The Darkest Hour}} (August 2001)
+
* [[Decimate]] ({{ig|id=10413}})
*{{idgames|id=11970|title=Dawn: A Prelude}} (April 2003)
+
* [[Military Research Complex]] ({{ig|id=10500}})
*{{idgames|id=12835|title=Phobos Revisited}} (September 2004)
+
 
*{{idgames|id=15193|title=Eternal Doom IV}} (January 2008)
+
===2000===
*{{idgames|id=16290|title=Paranoid}} (March 2010)
+
* [[A Hex on You]] ({{ig|id=10570}}
*{{idgames|id=16650|title=The Phobos Directive}} (November 2011)
+
* [[Phoenix Rising]] ({{ig|id=10671}})
*{{idgames|id=16662|title=Deimos: Slight Return}} (December 2011)
+
* [[Paranoia]] ({{ig|id=10888}})
 +
* [[Temple of the Ancients]] ({{ig|id=11029}})
 +
 
 +
===2001===
 +
* [[The Darkest Hour]] ({{ig|id=11385}})
 +
 
 +
===2002===
 +
* [[Invictus]] ({{ig|id=11469}})
 +
* [[Something Wicked This Way Comes]] ({{ig|id=11470}})
 +
* [[Wickedly Simple]] ({{ig|id=11487}})
 +
* [[No Rest for the Wicked]] ({{ig|id=11494}})
 +
* [[For the Wicked Shall Perish]] ({{ig|id=11563}})
 +
* [[Death Comes Not Gently to the Wicked]] ({{ig|id=11693}})
 +
 
 +
===2003===
 +
* [[Dawn: A Prelude]] ({{ig|id=11970}})
 +
* [[The Wicked and the Damned]] ({{ig|id=12018}})
 +
* [[Community Chest]] ({{ig|id=12021}})
 +
** {{maplinkgen|MAP18|Sudden Death|Community Chest}}
 +
* [[Fear Station Alpha]] ({{ig|id=12215}})
 +
 
 +
===2004===
 +
* [[Phobos Revisited]] ({{ig|id=12835}})
 +
 
 +
===2005===
 +
* [[Wicked Be The Ways of Men]] ({{ig|id=13191}})
 +
* [[Fear is the Key]] ({{ig|id=13697}})
 +
 
 +
===2006===
 +
* [[Fear is the Price of Sin]] ({{ig|id=14097}})
 +
* [[Newdoom Community Project]] ({{ig|id=14102}})
 +
** {{maplinkgen|MAP24|La Casa del Diablo|NDCP}}
 +
** {{maplinkgen|MAP32|In the Castle of the Wolf|NDCP}}
 +
* [[Damnation Awaits the Wicked]] ({{ig|id=14585}})
 +
 
 +
===2007===
 +
* [[Help on Earth - Millennium Edition]] ({{ig|id=15176}})
 +
* [[From the Ashes of Fear]] ({{ig|id=15177}})
 +
 
 +
===2008===
 +
* [[Eternal Doom IV: Return From Oblivion]] ({{ig|id=15193}})
 +
** [[MAP08: The Crypt (Eternal Doom IV)|MAP08: The Crypt]]
 +
** [[MAP09: Schloss Adler: The Castle of the Eagle (Eternal Doom IV)|MAP09: Schloss Adler: The Castle of the Eagle]]
 +
** [[MAP10: Daemon's Sanctuary (Eternal Doom IV)|MAP10: Daemon's Sanctuary]]
 +
 
 +
===2010===
 +
* [[Paranoid]] ({{ig|id=16290}})
 +
 
 +
===2011===
 +
* [[The Phobos Directive]] ({{ig|id=16650}})
 +
* [[Deimos: Slight Return]] ({{ig|id=16662}})
 +
* [[Exalt not the Wicked]] ({{ig|id=16520}})
 +
* [[Snowballs' Chance]] ({{ig|id=16540}})
 +
* [[Six Ways to Die]] ({{ig|id=16683}})
 +
 
 +
===2012===
 +
* [[Infernos]] ({{ig|id=17054}})
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
*[http://doomnexus.drdteam.org/ The DooM Nexus]
+
* [http://doomnexus.drdteam.org/ The DooM Nexus]
  
[[Category:People]]
+
{{DEFAULTSORT:Claussen, Rex}}
 
[[Category:Cacoward winners]]
 
[[Category:Cacoward winners]]
 +
[[Category:Mappers]]

Revision as of 07:23, 26 August 2018

Rex Claussen (previously also known as "Gurkha Boy") has been playing Doom since 1994 and has been creating maps and modifications for it since 1999. Some of his biggest Doom projects are total conversions set in the Half-Life or Star Wars universes and recreations of the episodes from the original Doom. He is also a member of TeamTNT.

He has received a Top 100 spot for The Darkest Hour, a Cacoward for Phobos Revisited and another, shared with the other authors, for Eternal Doom IV.

He maintains the DooM Nexus, hosted by DRD Team, on which he provides tutorials, presentations of his works, interviews with other modders, and reviews of other works.

Body of work

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2010

2011

2012

External Links