Behind each sliding door could be a sincere childhood tableau, or a repulsive Cacodemon.
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The visuals are pretty good, and it's definitely impressive to see the scale of a Cacodemon up close.
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The game puts you into fights with Doom's familiar demons, but per the trailer, you'll get some pretty wild teleportation options — think jumping and pivoting in the air to blast a cacodemon.
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When the Doomcat pulls a gun out of a box and immediately splatters it with a demon's guts, when he blasts a cacodemon entrails on a tunnel's walls, when he punches a demon's head, the moments masterfully conceal the feats of patience and prowess it must have taken to pull off something this entertaining.
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In The Arbatel de Magi Veterum written in 1575 the word Cacodemon is described as one of the Seven. In astrology, the 12th house was once called the Cacodemon for its association with evil.
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A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων kakodaimōn, meaning an "evil spirit", whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek. It is believed to be capable of shapeshifting.
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In psychology, cacodemonia (or cacodemomania) is a form of insanity in which the patient believes that they are possessed by an evil spirit. The first known occurrence of the word cacodemon dates to 1593. In William Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 3, Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations. In John Fletcher's The Knight of Malta, Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene.
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The monster on the cover art for the Manual of the Planes, the astral dreadnought, was the inspiration for the Cacodemon in the DOOM video game series.
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Also at the base of the Chief's walls are a bewildering variety of medium-to-large size granitic boulders. Once themselves part of the Chief, these boulders form groups which have been carefully explored by bouldering enthusiasts. Some of the boulders are so large as to seem like small cliffs in their own right. The largest is the Cacodemon Boulder at the base of the Grand Wall, an individual chunk of rock as big as a small apartment building.
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In 2003, Doomworld celebrated the 10th anniversary of Doom with "10 Years of Doom", a series of articles and reviews written by Mike "Cyb" Watson and Andrew "Linguica" Stine discussing the history and legacy of the Doom modding community across the prior decade. The event was continued in 2004 as the Cacowards, with an emphasis on discussing the year's most notable contributions to the Doom modding community. The name of the Cacowards stems from Doom's "Cacodemon" monster, whose likeness is present in the award's design.
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