The SCIENCE! - WTF is wrong with the BFG in DOOM? 

"Ah, well, I guess you're never too young to shoot Nazis." Remind me again why wolfenstein 2 got so much criticism?

"How does the BFG work?" Really well, thanks.

DOOM the only survival horror game where's the Horror has to survive You.

You're over-thinking what is in reality, a marvelously simplistic piece of technology. You know how they built an airplane around a gun with the A-10? Same principle. They just built a gun around death.

so it basically fires a small sun at the enemy

If amplified enough that bfg can actually destroy a planet It ripped a hole in mars... And that was actually the regular bfg 9k inside a massive amplifier called the bfg 10k

I miss when this man was allowed to swear.

I don't think stealing energy from hell is a bad idea There is *A HELL LOT OF* energy there

In DOOM 3 lore, they say there's a microchip in each BFG round that determines which targets are foe so no friendly fire or suicidal shots happen. How'd you put microchips in a container heated at 100 000 degrees?

i dont think the demons care much about you killing their fellow demons. they often kill each other in the game

10/10 in uncensored swearing

My head Canon, it stands for baryonic frequency generator, and it uses a little quirk in argent energy physics to inject just enough energy into baryonic matter to force it apart, converting anything it touches into a quark gluon plasma for a fraction of a fraction of a second before it recondences back into baryons. The end result is very similar to vaporization but there's no excess heat, it's a very efficient matter annihilator. Also for spooky reasons it seems to prefer dissipating Into "living" matter only

Correction: Argent energy isn't native to Hell. Demons stole it when they finally managed to take over Doomguy's homeworld, Argent D'nur, and the Wraiths, the beings that actually *make* Argent Energy, were formerly powerful elemental spirits on Argent D'nur, worshipped and protected by Doomguy's people. So, no. Demons are still the dicks in this scenario.

I have a better theory. The Green Ball represents The Purity of man, and if a Heretic is in contact with it, will Explode in a ball of the righteousness of the god emperor. Wait, wrong Franchise.

To be fair Demons stole argent energy by massacring another race, which is likely Doomguy's true race. SO, Doomguy is just murdering and stealing from murdering thieves.

Kratos and Chuck Norris approve of this public education announcement.

>using the shit new ghostbusters cast >not the god-tier Classic Ghostbusters I'm disappointed in you

"Probably upset about watching his friends and family get murdered." Dude, they're demons. In the world of Doom, all the demons are chaotic evil. They're not one race, but rather a plethora of races, and they only like members of their own kind. They team up to kill the player, but when the player isn't around, they try to kill each-other. (You've probably even seen this in-game...)

How to identify a true fan: You: “What does BFG stand for?” Them: “I don’t know, Big Friendly Giant” You: *Takes out your BFG* “Try again”

It draws power from the badass factor of the wielder, that's why it's so strong.

Dear Austin: Heres a weapon question for you: The Hammer Of Dawn from the Gears of War franchise. HOW DOES THIS THING WORK WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO REPLICATE ITS POWER AND IF ITS A KILLSAT HOW CAN ITS TARGETING BEACONS SUDDENLY NOT WORK BUT IF YOU PICK ANOTHER UP IT SUDDENLY WORKS AGAIN Sincerley, Gears of War fans.

Well, what if the gun actually just separates the hydrogen and oxygen within water, then ignites the hydrogen instantaneously?

You left out a crucial set of details. HOW DOES IT FIRE WITHOUT MELTING IN HIS HANDS? MAINTENANCE? SURELY 100,000+ DEGREES IS HELL *(pun intended)* ON THE BFG'S FRAME?

If you think the BFG's power is impressive, pair it with the quad damage bonus. Now that's what I'm talking about!

The term Big Fucking Gun came from the original Doom 1 manual. The Bio Force Gun from the Doom movie doesn't even work in remotely the same way. The Bio Force Gun worked like a glorified rocket launcher. The BFG in Doom 3 basically fires a projectile that is a guided by a targeting chip and said chip directs energy or plasma at hostile targets. Works great with everything within the LOS of the projectile. The BFG in Doom 4 is powered by using modified and filtered Argent Energy. Said energy is attracted to targets infused with good old fashion Red unfiltered Argent energy, thus making a targeting system unnecessary for fighting demons (think magnets). So that is why it auto seeks out demons or zombies, but never humans. Either way I am sure a direct hit from the Doom 4 BFG will turn a human into chunks of meat. Just that it won't have the cool homing plasma effect.

1 - the demons stole that energy source first 2 - the doom guy isn't exactly human just listen to the testements. he's the doom slayer

Fun fact : The BFG9K was in Turok : Dinosaur hunter. It was basically a nuke launcher

I know why he doesn't, but damn I miss Austin swearing.

My game crashed when I fired BFG

It's rare to see someone who can really turn profanity into an art form.

"Ah, well, I guess you're never too young to shoot Nazis." Spoken like a true American.

... #LetAustinCurse? No wait this isn't Game Theorists is it?

the science behind dying lights volatiles

What's wrong is that you're assuming the BFG works only based on known "normal" physics and oversimplifying how it does what it does. When you start getting into things involving alternate dimensions, undiscovered energy sources, and as-yet undiscovered mechanisms of physics, it becomes more complex. Let's take the dimension-hopping for example. You tear a hole in the fabric of space (or space time or whatever you want to call it) and that takes a lot of energy, but let's say there's untapped potential energy, such as in the Argent fracture? That changes the rules. I'm sure you're familiar with how a nuclear bomb works? The energy isn't created - it's already there, it's just released when the right conditions are met - in the case of an atomic bomb, when critical mass is reached and a chain reaction occurs, and in the case of a hydrogen bomb, when an atomic detonator is used to start the hydrogen to fusing. Ok, say they found a way to take that Argent energy and change it into a form of plasma that feeds back against it, like grounding out a battery. Now the BFG projectile starts to make more sense, and that explains why it draws streamers into the demons it's cooking - it's using the same argent energy that brought them into our dimension against them, but of an opposite nature. Like matter + antimatter, it would not take an excessive amount of energy on the BFG's part to do the job of blowing a demon inside-out since half the energy needed is already present in the demon. The energy from the BFG is drawn to the Argent energy in the demons and voila: Ludicrous Gibs Mode Enabled! The excess energy not used by the BFG blast would be dissipated harmlessly on impact with a solid object since the BFG energy only reacts with the Argent energy carried by the demons. This would make the weapon perfectly safe for an armored fellow like the Doom Slayer to carry and fire point blank into the face of a meatbag like a Baron of Hell because the only thing he'd have to worry about is flying chunks of steaming meat. Now as for why the weapon wouldn't smack the Doom Slayer himself, the Doom Slayer's armor converts Argent energy into a different form... but beyond that, basic engineering says "If I'm going to build a Big F!@#ing Gun it shouldn't blow up in my face when I use it." I'm looking at you, Doom 3... So it's an inherent property of the weapon to insulate the weapon itself and the user from any errant energy leakage from the projectile. Hey, if they can tear open a hole in space to Hell a little shielding shouldn't be too much trouble. So put the potatoes and microwaves down, son. You're playing with the wrong kind of portals. The UAC is the big leagues and knows how to blow $h!T up!

Now about that BFG predecessor in Wolfenstein 2

Hey, thanks for finally answering a question I've been having since Doom was announced. There IS a story. That means it'll be something fun for me to play. FINALLY.

Math + Game + Swearing + Classical music = good video

Well its a good thing Austin hasn't found Evolve yet. There's so many sciencey stuff in there that probably doesn't make any god damn sense. xD

"I guess your never too young to shoot Nazis" Amazing 10/10

Love the classical music you play in the background! ;) LOL

I would have liked it if the stupid AI didn't force all enemies to rush you. Imagine if pulling out the BFG made some weaker enemies run

I feel like Austin would make an awesome Rick Sanchez

What if I told you that I'm trying to put scientifically-feasible plasma weapons into a video game? ( In the form of a gas+electromagnetic style weapon )

so what your saying is the bfg is a really powerfull external microwave? cool never do i have to eat cold stuff again :3

Love the choice of music and your liberal use of the word 'fuck'.

i just stop watching halfway through the video, sorry austin bfg is not working like that. BFG is manipulating the argent energy beneath demon rather than boiling body fluid. (the post 4th age of hell demon were mostly manufactured using argent energy drawed from argent beast) so that its violently disturbed. unlike the way you boil the water, its just only need to tap. Demon in doom isn't woobie bastard. Doomguy homeworld (or Home dimension) were invaded by Demon, why anyone should give a hug to this abomination

Woah woah woah Demons attacked first, we just defended ourselfs with the most fun possible (for us)

5:00 "you can't stop the signal baby WOO" that was said by 3dogg after fixing the GNR radio sadilite dish on the Washington monument in Fallout 3........I salute you sir

What's wrong with the Big friendly giant??

11:55 "Consent to having their energy stolen"? They stole it from the Wraiths in the first place

Do a video covering the BFG 10000. I need to know what ungodly power that thing creates to fire down range.

Wait for Doom Eternal to come out. It has a BFG 10000! :3

VIDEO IDEA... How STRONG is the doom slayer?

One does not question doom logic!!!

Actualy if you think about it one shot from the bfg contains even more energy than austin stated because not only does it get rid of the baron of hell but it also kills his 5 siblings and all the other little pukes around them.

I have and idea for a horror game you play as a demon and you have to run from the doom slayer

I got Goosebumps when you first said *BIG FUCKING GUN 9000*

Here are a couple of suggestions for other videos and give you a new genre to fuck around with. How would Samus' Power Suits (Such as Gravity, Varia, Gravity, Zero) work, or how her Power Beam works, as it's Shots of some sort aren't Plasma or Lasers, as they're not made of light, but also have no recoil, with the Prime games being... PRIME examples? Ah? Ah? Anyway, There isn't any recoil on her Power Beam, but they aren't lasers as they're defined, (lightless in the 2D Metroid games, but not in Prime, so it's a bit inconsistent). Finally, explain what the science behind the Metroids and what the "Lifeforce" is that it supposedly sucks up (that's what I said) is. So please explain the SCIENCE behind Samus' gear, as I'd love to see your take on them!

Does he actually send these emails? He should. It would be hilarious.

Ah, it’s fun rewatching this after playing Doom once again. I love this series and it’s realistic take on video games. Keep doing good work Austin! But, doing some digging into the lore of the BFG in the newest iteration, it doesn’t emit a giant green sun. It’s far more terrifying. The lore of the game shows that it amplified any and all argent energy inside its gargantuan radius to the point where it vaporizes all the water inside and explodes whatever vessel the argent energy is in. And it is explicitly started in the game that a human can stand in front of the BFG blast and be perfectly fine with no seemingly long term damage while this overtly overcompensating machine one shots a horde of Barrons and any other demon in its sight lines. Awesome thing is that the doom marine doesn’t have this argent energy in his body despite his suit and weapons having it. Maybe it was the purification process and the fact the doom marine armor has several vents for the excess argent energy but I digress. It is... glorious!

So 7 gigajoules = ~3000 pounds of tnt.

Non Doom Player: BFG? Big friendly giant? Doom Player: BFG? Hell yeah! Its da BIG FUCCIN GUN

Doom guy is what happens when you throw kratos and Martins Licis potara earings

to be fair, in doom 2016 we find out, least in that continuity, that the demons of hell stole it first, origninally being from these otherworldly beings known as the Wraiths

I used to love this Chanel. it's been a while since i have watched, it's all incredibility obnoxious now. love the lore, not the commentary.

a ghost busters DLC would be funny as fuck imagine killing demons with a proton pack

Then: I don't care if the demons didn't concent to have their energy stolen from them. Today: (goes to court to protect the demons)

the funny thing is "BFG" can refer to the gun but also a book by roald dahl by the same name

Could you do a episode on freezing weapons?

well i dont know if demons cant complain about humans stealing energy they stole or do they ?

Pretty sure there's some lore information in the game that says it reacts with the agent energy in the demon's bodies, so it cannot cause any harm to uncorrupted humans. Otherwise, it works just as you described: it instantly boils everything liquid inside the demons.

"Oh well, I guess you're never too young to shoot nazis..." ROFL

now I want to know how the armor keeps you safe from hell and bfg

So...does the bfg raise the demons internal body temperature to...over 9000!?*puts on sunglasses*t

10:56 Basically you're saying it shoots mini stars. Sounds fitting.

Gotta revisit this after Eternal launched, dude shot a hole in Mars lol

This guy is like matpat but good

God I love doom,I recently started episode 4 of the OG doom and my god it’s fun

Counter theory: hell spawn has a lower water content due to all the heat

Austin: **does gaming for a living** Also Austin: **Shoots Pinky's face**

Now that DOOM Eternal is out, just wait till Austin figures out what Argent energy REALLY is. 😂

It's explained that the way the BFG works is by launching a giant lob of argent Energy and this said lob shoots out arcs of energy that expunged all the argent energy in a single being (in this case is demon, which I have to add demons are packed to the brim with argent energy which allows them to throw fire balls n shit) . So with that being said maybe the energy required is a bit less than what we think it is but there is no way of truly knowing. I just though it was interesting

Why, it`s just a gun that shoots a slow green ball of death that destroys everything in it's path.

Samuel: you can't just shoot a hole into the surface of Mars Austin: YOU CAN'T JUST SHOOT A FUCKING HOLE INTO THE SURFACE OF MARS!!

Is it me or does the baron look like the x-01 power armour XD Sorry, I just finished a Science! FO4 vid.

Can you do a scince behind video about something from Ratche and Clank?

I heard “paranormal investigator” and i immediately said “Johnny Ghost, paranormal investigator extraordinaire, is in this game?!?

It harnesses the pure badassery of the wielder. That's why it's so strong when DoomGuy uses it.

How did he get infinite ammo for weapons? Please help.

Omg, the fucking ghostbusters. What a disgrace

S Tier writing Austin! Thank you lol. And now I have to go check your pieces for a Ghostbusters episode!

4:57 lmao my signal just cut out as he said you can't stop the signal

When you realise the bfg actually runs on batteries

How the fuck do you move in Power Armour! Think about it! Its basically a tank on feet! How? How can you move your hands and legs so freely? Shouldn't you have severe movement restrictions due to you being in a giant human shaped metal box !

'You can't stop my science!' The ad notification: 'Are you sure about that?'

When he yells science, he sounds like Invader Zim

I'm hoping that Austin does NMS videos after it comes out

How did you like the Czech language during watching the video of Agraelovo Let's play Silenstci ? :D

“You’re never too young to shoot Nazis.” -Austin

6 years later I still love this episode!!!