First post, by badmojo
- Rank
- l33t
Has anyone here read ‘Masters of DOOM’? I’ve been meaning to read it for years and I finally picked it up the other day, and then I couldn’t put it down. It’s an amazing story and I actually got into it so much that I found it altering my mood – energised and inspired during the good times, and increasingly bummed out as id fell apart. It focuses on the two Johns, with Romero coming off as the nicer of the two - despite the massive ego he's described as a skilled game designer and supernaturally enthusiastic about id’s games. Carmack, who’s described as an almost inhuman coding robot, comes off pretty badly but the unlikely working relationship of these two nutjob personalities is the focus of the story and makes for a great read. The magic was gone by the time Quake was being developed which adds up – in my mind DOOM is the more enjoyable game.
Anyway, I recommend it if you have an interest in id's games or even just game development during the 80’s and 90’s.
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