John Romero
The completely true and not made up superhero origin story of famous video game dudes
Hideo Kojima recently revealed that he was stung by “at least ten bees all at once” before becoming a video game designer.
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John Romero's great-grandma - an actual 1920s crime boss - is a playable character in Empire of Sin
Brenda Romero’s upcoming turn-based strategy game Empire of Sin features one particularly unique playable character: John Romero’s brothel-owning great-grandmother.
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Bribe and muscle your way to the top of 1920's Chicago underworld in Empire of Sin
Empire of Sin has finally revealed itself to be a unique blend of management and tactical combat.
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John Romero's personal Doom 2 discs sold for $3150, so expect more memorabilia auctions soon
John and Brenda Romero have amassed a huge collection of memorabilia over the years, and they’re looking to make some space.
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John Romero is auctioning off his DOOM 2 floppy disks
For several hundred American dollars, you can own John Romero’s personal copy of DOOM 2.
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Fascinating historical archive shows just how much Quake changed during development
Quake is having a birthday, and we get the present.
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Romero and Carmack's Blackroom Kickstarter put on hold to make a gameplay demo
Put those wallets away. For now.
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Another DOOM classic level from John Romero
DOOM fans, potential Blackroom backers: come see what the fuss is about.
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John Romero's new shooter will be revealed on Monday
DOOM, Quake and, uh, Daikatana designer John Romero is back in the saddle.
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Doom and Quake co-creator teasing new FPS project
John Romero is teasing a new PC first-person-shooter.
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John Romero has created a new level for Doom after 21-years
It’s been ages since John Romero created a level for the shooter Doom. As of today, the 21-year drought has ended.
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The Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port that changed the industry forever
Super Mario Bros. was indirectly responsible for the rise of the first-person shooter genre. No, seriously.
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DOOM developer John Romero selling his Turbografix-16 and SNES collection on eBay
DOOM and Quake developer John Romero is selling off parts of his game collection as well as a rare console through several One Day auctions on eBay.
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Watch John Romero play Doom
John Romero made DOOM, and now you can watch him play it, dropping many a delightful gem of insight regarding one of the most important shooters of all time.
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Doom designer: "we’ve barely scratched the surface" of shooters
John Romero, designer of Doom and Daikatana, reckons there’s plenty of opportunities to innovate in the first-person shooter genre.
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Is the world ready for a new shooter from the creator of Daikatana?
Doom and Daikatana designer John Romero is “starting to work” on a new shooter – his first in 14 years.
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Where are they now? The dissipation of id Software
Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and Rage. With three of the biggest shooter properties in gaming (and also another one), id Software has clearly housed some of the industry’s brightest stars. Where is this talent now?
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Before there was Doom, there was this
Mullets, Genesis games, an unfinished copy of Doom and more feature in this half hour tour of id Software, circa 1993.
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Daikatana appears on Steam, priced £4.99
Daikatana, John Romero’s notorious shooter that was marred by ill-advised marketing and delays, has appeared on Steam. You can download it now.
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Brenda, John Romero to oversee new UC Santa Cruz master's degree
Industry veterans Brenda and John Romero will oversee UC Santa cruz’s new 12 month master’s degree program in games and playable media.
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John Romero latest
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The completely true and not made up superhero origin story of famous video game dudes
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John Romero’s great-grandma – an actual 1920s crime boss – is a playable character in Empire of Sin
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Bribe and muscle your way to the top of 1920’s Chicago underworld in Empire of Sin
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John Romero’s personal Doom 2 discs sold for $3150, so expect more memorabilia auctions soon
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Fascinating historical archive shows just how much Quake changed during development
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Romero and Carmack’s Blackroom Kickstarter put on hold to make a gameplay demo
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The Super Mario Bros. 3 PC port that changed the industry forever
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DOOM developer John Romero selling his Turbografix-16 and SNES collection on eBay
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Doom designer: “we’ve barely scratched the surface” of shooters
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Is the world ready for a new shooter from the creator of Daikatana?
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Brenda, John Romero to oversee new UC Santa Cruz master’s degree
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Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero tied the knot this weekend
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High-profile game designers discuss the game which inspired them the most
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Prince of Persia creator publishes 30 year old fanmail from John Romero
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GDC 2012: Kasavin, Molyneux, Bleszinski and more added to line-up
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Wednesday Shorts: Dog fighting, DDO, Madden, God Hand, Angry Birds, Romero, sales
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Ravenwood Fair hits 10 million users, plans expansion; LOLapps sheds staff [Update]
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John Romero no longer with Slipgate Ironworks, working on social game Loot Drop