'This was maybe even a dry run for the massacre that took place in real life.' Cooper said his center's investigators also stumbled upon a disturbing aspect of the game found in Harris' files. 'The version we found on (Harris') Web site is not a game of skill.
Harris also thanks Dylan Klebold for his help in creating the hyped-up levels.ĭoom is 'basically a game of skill and a game of competition,' said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the center. The versions include a 'God mode' in which heavily armed players are invincible to enemy bullets. Investigators at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, which flags hateful and racist Web sites, have uncovered several home-made versions of Doom found on Harris' now-defunct Web site.
As authorities examine Eric Harris' customized versions of a violent video game, those who played Doom over the Internet with Harris say he created a game level based on Columbine High School's floor plan.