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Doom Guy
- Life in First Person
- Narrated by: John Romero
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
The inspiring autobiography of video game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero
Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty.
Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career—from his early days submitting Apple II code to computer magazines and sneaking computers out of the back door of his day job to do programming projects at night in his garage to a high-profile falling out with his id Software cofounder John Carmack, as well as his continued role in the gaming industry today as the managing director of Romero Games Ltd.
His story is truly one of a self-made man, founding multiple companies after a childhood filled with violence and abuse drove him to video game design where he could create new worlds and places to escape to. An alcoholic father, a racist grandfather who did not approve of Romero’s parents’ mixed-race coupling, and a grandmother who once ran a brothel in Mexico combine for an illuminating story of his youth—a story that has never before been revealed.
After years in the gaming spotlight, Romero is now telling his story—the whole story—in his own words.
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- Contmotore
- 06-11-23
Perfect timing
Doom and Quake have been a big part of my life. I started playing Doom in the 90s on a 386 PC with a monochrome monitor and PC speaker sounds. I even tried making some Doom levels in DEU.
In 2019 I came back for Doom, I was interested if the community was still alive. And it certainly was! Shortly afterwards, Sigil came out. It's almost the 30th anniversary of Doom and Sigil II will be released as well. John Romero also announced that he will team up with John Carmack on December 10 for a livestream to celebrate Doom's 30th anniversary!
I couldn't find better timing to listen to this audiobook!
It's a good and clear story about his life and how things came about, the obstacles he had to face and some parts I can relate to. It is well executed by the hero himself. Really something for the fans!
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- Anonymous User
- 27-11-23
Romero is legend
A super nice read/listen that inspires you to get on with game development! Thank you John. For your games, and for this book!
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-23
Thank you
I love absolutely everything about that book and I hope I’ll be able to play another game by John !
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- Mike
- 25-11-23
Honest and great read about one of the developers of Doom
Great read to put into context some of the stories from masters of doom. Found myself listening to this book at any spare points in the day
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- SPYDOR
- 25-02-24
Fascinating history with many exclusive reveals
Fascinating history of the legendary game developer John Romero, as told and narrated by himself. Having followed Romero for years, being a big fan of his work and having consumed all his main interviews, I was eagerly looking forward to this one: I was not disappointed!
John is always so upbeat, friendly and genuinely enthusiastic that you can't help but be entertained when he speaks in his characteristically laconic style. The book has several candid and transparent revelations on topics that he has not discussed in public before while also fleshing out several other pivotal subjects and controversies that are established lore in the gaming sector. It is also an inspiring testament to the dediciation and single-minded hard-work towards mastering a craft.
For my money, this is required reading/listening for fans of John Romero, id Software and those with an interest in gaming history, and it stands up there with David Kushner's seminal book 'Masters of Doom'.
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- luke_jnr
- 04-08-23
Fantastic story, really enjoyed it John
A great listen and love that John narrates the whole story. Brilliant story and some great insights into what I spent playing as a kid Doom and networked death matches in college with Quake. Anyone interested in the gaming industry needs to read/listen to John and Id’s story.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-10-24
Incredibly insightful for aspiring game devs!
An incredible life spent at the forefront of gaming again and again. Loved every chapter and didn’t want the book to end. Highly recommended.
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- Scott Thompson
- 14-08-23
The legend tells it his way
DOOM was thee game we shared and played on our school computers back in the day, and now the legend tells his story with all the pleasant and some shocking surprises
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- Gabriele
- 05-10-23
A trip down memory lane worth your while
I don't think I can call myself a fan of Romero or ID software, but their work did shape my childhood, and I still play Doom to this day.
The most interesting section of the book is, in my opinion, the part about Ion Storm.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-11-23
Absolutely loved it
Thanks John for your story and games your made! This is inspiring us game devs
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