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He suggested that no one could reasonably call themselves a true fan of Doom until they attempted to make their own Doom map, and I more or less took the bait. вЂњI never considered that I could actually create one myself, though, until Tim Rogers laid down a gauntlet in his Action Button Reviews Doom video later in the year.

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вЂњI got a huge kick out of вЂ90s mods like Star Wars Doom, The Simpsons Doom, and Doom 2: Hellraiser,вЂќ Purvis says. To scratch it, he dove into the modding scene. He found that he loved the originals and, like a lot of us, had the itch for more. Eternal reared its head but the ВЈ60 price tag was a bit steep so Purvis grabbed Doom 64 for ВЈ1.99 instead. To paint a picture, it was the beginning of the pandemic, he was trapped indoors, and he was playing a lot of video games. It started as a fun little project to get into DoomвЂ™s modding scene. But the aim was never to go big or make something viral. With Thatcher now ceremoniously brought to life in a ritual of fire and 8-bit gore, Purvis had a hit on his hands.

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She is a consummate professional and a really nice person.вЂќ I sent her a pitch and a few lines to read, and within a few hours, she had already sent me everything I needed for the game without even needing a second take. When he pointed out to me that Laila Berzins already did a performance for Hades that was borderline Thatcher in tone already, I realised that she was going to be the perfect choice for the job. вЂњI decided to ask him out of the blue if he knew anyone who could do a Thatcher impersonation. вЂњIвЂ™m a big fan of the voice actor Gianni Matragrano,вЂќ Purvis says. Laila Berzins, the voice of Demeter - Goddess of Life and Death - also brings life to Thatcher. But she sounds familiar in two respects because the actor channels a Thatcher-esque character from Hades. It sounds eerily familiar like weвЂ™re actually trudging through lava pits and ancient ruins to mow down a cyber demon with her head plastered on top. He wanted to bring her to life as an avatar for decades of frustration, so he put a voice to the face. However, using ThatcherвЂ™s likeness wasnвЂ™t enough for Purvis. It was a bit of a lightbulb moment for me, as I realised you could turn Commander KeenвЂ™s sprite into a British flag that burns to ash when you shoot at it.вЂќ One random lunchtime - a few months after starting development - I was watching a Decino video about special properties of Doom objects and found there was a Commander Keen object in the game that hangs by the neck from ceilings and falls down when you shoot it.

вЂњItвЂ™s incredibly powerful, and I thought it fit thematically with the ideas of ThatcherвЂ™s Techbase.

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вЂњFrom the beginning of the project, I knew I wanted to include a homage to a scene from the anime and manga series One Piece,вЂќ Purvis tells me, sharing a link to a YouTube video where protagonist Luffy burns down a flag. RELATED: Interview: Doom Co-Creator John Romero Says 'Hell Yes' To Female Doom Slayer Techbase was a way for him to channel that hatred of Britain and Thatcher into something satirical and cathartic - she was his вЂњeternal source of inspiration.вЂќ While he was born the year Thatcher stepped down, her impact was felt throughout his childhood. ItвЂ™s no wonder then that Purvis calls Britain the вЂTenth Circle of HellвЂ™ in his mod. Scotland faced the brunt of her time as Prime Minister so much so that even by Tory MP standards, she was unpopular.

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As such, there's nobody better to make a mod about mowing down hellish versions of Thatcher. Purvis is a Scot from Coatbridge, a town just outside Glasgow. вЂњI decided to channel all my anger about the Tory governmentвЂ™s response to the pandemic and Brexit - and everything else in British life - into a Doom mod.вЂќ вЂњFor the first couple of days, I was more or less wandering aimlessly - making little bases and factories and the like - until I saw a tweet from SpewlieAndrews that joked about how heвЂ™d spend an eternity roaming Hell to find Margaret Thatcher,вЂќ ThatcherвЂ™s Techbase creator Jim Purvis tells me.