A great tale of dudes doing doom
4 stars
Crime! Strippers! Dungeons and dragons! STRIPPERS! ALL THE PIZZA YOU CAN EAT!
All this and more awaits you...
339 pages
English language
Published April 27, 2004
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
3 stars
(9 reviews)
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture is a 2003 book by David Kushner about id Software and its influence on popular culture, focusing chiefly on the video-game company's co-founders John Carmack and John Romero. Upon release, Masters of Doom received positive reviews from critics and has been placed on numerous "best of" lists for video game books. The book would later influence Palmer Luckey to establish the technology company Oculus VR, and Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman to found reddit. In 2019, it was announced that the USA Network had greenlit a pilot episode of a potential series based on the book.
Review of 'Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
As someone that (back in the day) breathlessly waited for the shareware release of Doom to download on his 2400 bps modem, this was a very nostalgic, but also fun and interesting read.
Review of 'Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A trip down memory lane, reliving the glory of my late teen years filled with weekend LAN parties. 'Masters of Doom' takes a timeline of when I really jumped into PC gaming and it was extremely enjoyable for me to get that story from the trenches of the celebrations, battles, and politics that went into making not just great games, but genre-forging leaps. After reading 'Console Wars' upon its release and Blake J Harris' next novel 'The History of the Future', it would appear that non-fiction tech/gaming is really my go-to reading. I recommend this to anyone that grew up with PC gaming but also those interested in game development as well. specifically the stories behind it.
