Talk:Strafing

Is there an explanation as to why this feature was called 'strafing', and not something more obvious such as 'sidestepping'? It confused me back when Doom was released; the only strafing I had heard of was that involving aircraft shooting at ground targets. Was it a mistake on the part of the game designers? -Ashley Pomeroy 21:33, 15 Aug 2005 (UTC)