Masters of Doom' is the true inside story of John Carmack and John Romero, co-creators of the most innovative and notoriously successful video games in history - Doom and Quake. They created an empire, ruled a multi-billion-dollar industry, and provoked a national controversy.
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Masters of Doom is an impressive and adroit social history. (New York Times Book Review )
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David Kushner has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Wired, Rolling Stone (where he writes a digital music column) and Spin (where he is a contributing editor). He has also worked as a senior producer for the music website SonicNet.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent book about the people behind many killer games like Commander Keen, Castle of Wolfenstein and Doom. The book starts from the very beginning, from the time before the first shareware hit games. In addition to being excellent history book about id software, it also shows the potential problems and pitfals facing each game developer, especially the problem of too big egos and different visions among to developers.
And what's best.. It's the author's style. He certainly knows how to write a good book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you are a developer, a programmer, someone who likes using his computer for creating games, or even 'casual' applications, you MUST read this book. It will make you want to code night and day. I have read it 4 times and still I get the same feeling when I go through it. John Carmack is a genius.
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I spent sooooo many hours, like soooo many other people, playing these games. The story of the Two Johns has been touched upon in the computer press but the story more than bears telling in a full length book. I picked it up just to read about what the background was to these incredible games that dominated weeks / months of my adult, slacker life, and sure enough the account given of how Wolfenstein and onwards were written was at turns exhilerating and bittersweet. I then started moving back through the book to the earliest days of the two johns and it held my attention throughout. Great story, great characters, and the author has a great eye for his subjects and the allure of the story of how geeks became rockstars. Gaming isnt going to disappear, and Carmack and Romero are like two Neil Armstrongs in terms of their acheivements. THis is a good history book in the making if nothing else, and it is surprising how much you end up feeling for both Carmack and Romero, two lost boys in a gold mine. Carmack in particular is an odd and mysterious character. My rating? Five stars. mmmm.
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Days of Doom.
Great book which gives an insight into the two Johns (Carmack & Romero) early days within the first two chapters before moving on to their meeting at SoftDisk and then the teams... Read more
Published 16 days ago by Willmington_W
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A good read
A very well written book of the zero to hero stories of John Carmack and John Romero. Kushner does a fantastic job of telling the story in a highly readable way, I couldn't put it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Luke Jones
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Master of BOOM!
This is a great book.
I'm not a gamer, don't own a PS3 or XBox.
This is rollicking good story about the rise and fall of a gaming empire, it's a modern day... Read more
I'm not a gamer, don't own a PS3 or XBox.
This is rollicking good story about the rise and fall of a gaming empire, it's a modern day... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Neil Asher
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Amazing, gripping story about rise and fall of 90's gamer gods
Prior to reading it I would never suspect a story about two programmers may be as gripping and inspiring as this one. Read more
Published 8 months ago by gwiazdorrr
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Fantastic story telling of the dawn of 3D and PC gaming
It was 1992 and I was using a 2400 baud modem in my fathers office to log on to BBSs around the country when wolf3d first appeared for download. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Rikki
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Great insight into the gaming industry
Great book for any gamer. A great insight into id Software and the making of some iconic games (D00M, QUAKE). Recommended for any gamer or anyone interested in the gaming industry.
Published 13 months ago by Tommy
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How 2 guys created an empire
The first part of the book is incredibly good. I just couldnt put the book down.
Second part was a bit of a drag compared to the first, but still very good.
Second part was a bit of a drag compared to the first, but still very good.
Published 16 months ago by Celine
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Design Is Law
Very interesting account of the early days of PC gaming covering an iconic software developer. If you want someone to blame for the dominance of first person shooters in today's... Read more
Published 21 months ago by DukeJon
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Great book
If you like videogames you will probably love Masters of Doom. John Carmack and John Romero are two of the most important figures in the history of videogames, and this book... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Andresito
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Page turner
I'm a very sporadic reader but when a book grabs me I find myself staying up way past bed time (11 on a work day ;) ) to continue reading...this book is one of those. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. A. Vance
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