Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
Description
This gripping account follows John Carmack and John Romero, two rebellious computer prodigies whose partnership helped launch a new era in video games. From modest beginnings, they build a creative and commercial empire through groundbreaking titles such as Doom and Quake, transforming popular culture while attracting intense controversy over violence, technology, and youth. Their story explores ambition, friendship, artistic innovation, entrepreneurship, and the personal costs of extraordinary success. Vivid and fast-paced, the narrative captures both the exhilaration of creating entirely new worlds and the tensions that can fracture the people who build them.
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paperback
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published May 11, 2004
368 pages
ISBN: 9780812972153
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First Published
2003
Language
eng
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