/vr/ - Retro Games

How does /doom/ view barrels? Effective weapon, fun gimmick, or useless scenery?

I've gotten an annoying fixation on barrels now because I'm trying to justify why they're in my map. What do you think is in them and why do they explode? Don't say "nuclear waste" either because not only is it too obvious but nuclear waste doesn't entirely work that way...it's solid for a start.

Most stupid of all is that I know this doesn't matter, nobody will care when they play much less even notice but I am interested to hear what explanations people have had for them over the years. I'd prefer to see them as a mixture of things ranging from chemical waste left over from mining processes, to nasty secret ingredients from UAC to the demon's built them for some mcguffin reason.