Good news, everyone! The artist has been identified! This piece was apparently commissioned a Half-Life fan out there and drawn by one "Karstens". web.archive.org/web/20020603...

But now this begs the question: Who was that fan?

See the full quality WTF BOOM! 4k remaster on YouTube. Full credit to @mega64official.bsky.social and Steve Moustache for unwittingly becoming a part of this fad (as we called them back in the day). Also, I belatedly apologize for any blown out eardrums. #ytmnd #wtfboom #fad

youtu.be/wrZqUBSo6XI

My treasured souvenirs from attending this WWF Raw are a couple ticket stubs, a Road Dogg bulldog plush, a Scotty Too Hotty foam hand, and a disposable camera's worth of blurry, overexposed photos from an 11-year-old me who was too short to hold the camera above the audience.

This means we're also right on the verge of the 20th anniversary of my YTMND which became way more popular outside of the site, "Link finds a... what the hell is that?", better known now as "WTF Boom".

I 'spose I oughta do something special for its birthday. #ytmnd #wtfboom #fad

But despite this calamitous oversight in Radiaki lore, this still doesn't change the fact that Radiaki's "incredible" characters continue to remain "superior to those found in Doom™".

Pack it up, @doom.com! Your dark ages have just been illuminated!

I've received multiple reports suggesting this new Hexen game is "not a real game". But how can you tell? Is this shopped? Can you tell by the pixels? 🤔

Would you really do a thing like that, @ravensoftware.com? Just go on the Internet and lie to us Hexen fans about a new Hexen? #aifraudery