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How A Toy Gun Became DOOM’s Iconic BFG – Loadout
The BFG 9000 is an iconic part of DOOM’s identity. It is as recognizable as the Super Shotgun or Doomguy’s form-fitting forest green armor. But how exactly did a Toys R Us purchase in the early 90s lead to one of the most recognizable of all video game weapons?
Join us as we track the evolution…
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Censoring the "fucking" when talking about the BFG-9000 is blasphemy against Doomguy.
Big fucking gun
Big. Fucking. Gun.
2:25 nice use of the meatball
The BFG 9000 is also named to be the big f**** gun
Nobody here knows that BFG has been referenced in real life guns. A gun company made a gun called Bfg 50.
The only thing they could do to make this video better is playing “the only thing they fear is you” the entire vid
The BFG!
Made in Taiwan…
I like the first version of the bfg with the scatter blasts.
the SpaceX thing is called Starship, Im guessing because its far easier to market it to government critters under that name. Though hearing the NASA director say "Big Fucking Rocket" would have been great.
Great vid 😀 loved it
Hey look it's the big fucking gun
Magnum Research makes a gun known as the BFR which technically stands for "Biggest Finest Revolver" but we all know what it really stands for.
Yeah darn right! I always admired that Assault Cannon. The Doom 3 one best. And it’s really Bio Force Gun.
Actually the first update to the BFG was quake 2 as since it was the gun that shoots an explosive plasma ball that shoots rays
Using the BFG with the quad damage allowed you to clear a whole corridor of enemies as long as the ball didn't exploded on something.
I love that t-shirt. ?
I accidentally turned up the music part at 2am and now I’m in bft big fucking trouble
What about the BFG from Quake II?
BFG – Made in Taiwan
Ah the eighties, back when R-rated action movies could be marketed to kids and have their own toy lines. That’s not messed up at all.
What's the name of the track at around the 0:20 mark? Ty in advance.
Then later on Nvidia CEO would call the 3090 the BFGC Big F**king Graphics Card
My man elon knows his stuff!
And the call of duty zombies ray gun?
I swear, every single time you pull the trigger on the BFG feels like a Big Deal, no matter how many times you do it, and this applies both to the classic and modern Doom games.
I love how this is so slickly edited that hits and explosions are synced with the music. And it was several times, so not accidental.
What is Bethesder? You mean Bethesda? DA? F*** you get er from?
the bfg 50 is everywhere, it was even there before itself.
I never knew that Ratchet refrence, weird.
@3:15 the word is "ordnance" not "ordinance"
The Doom Movie was not terrible.
"warning the slayer has control of the bfg" Best warning ever
2:30 oriignally doom had lives like Wolfenstein thus the number the corner of the doomguy face. the BFG isn't the only gun they used a toy for.
I had the Roargun. Think I gave it to Goodwill y2000.
"Damages user a bit."
And then we got all the weapons in Daikatana. The rot ran deep.
Um… I had one of those in the 90s. Might still have it somewhere.
You missed borderlands 2 maliwan pbfg etech rocked launcher and the norfleet
Another reference was when Nvidia referred to the RTX 3090 as the BFGPU in their launch materials.
Nothing whatsoever to do with a Big Friendly Giant. 1/10 😛