WHAT THEY SAID
"Many, many years ago when I first encountered Wolfenstein, it felt impossible. Nothing was like that." * That's Trent Reznor in a surprise video message screened at QuakeCon in Grapevine, Texas, where he walked through how a PC bought purely to play Wolfenstein eventually led to him scoring Quake *. He said the Quake work sits among the things he's proudest of in his entire career *.
THE DETAILS
- Nine Inch Nails dropped a merch collection on August 6 marking 30 years since the 1996 Quake soundtrack *.
- The line includes shirts, hoodies, a musical keychain, and a replica in-game ammo box — which was already showing sold out in the U.S. at press time *.
- Reznor described Doom landing like a bomb went off, with no adults involved saying no *.
- He met the id Software crew, hit it off, and got the invite to handle music and sound effects *.
- Bethesda shared the message on its official account the same day and launched a 19-map campaign for the original Quake, "Dawn of the Machines" *.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
U.K. preorders are still open, but whether that replica ammo box gets a U.S. restock is unanswered *.