The hottest ticket at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this year was for the preview of the long-awaited Doom III, the latest sequel to the 1993 release that defined the first-person shooter video game. Throughout the huge trade show, held here from May 22 to 24, a line snaked around an olive-drab two-story building where an 11-minute trailer of the new game was being shown continuously in a 30-seat theater. NYT's John Markoff issues a quick report on E3 with a focus on Doom III. |