Masters Of Doom

David Kushner

Masters Of Doom (David Kushner) | Jan van den Berg's Books
Status

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On list: 📜 Computer History

2015-09-01: Acquired
2015-09-14: Started reading
2015-09-18: Finished reading

Description

Masters of Doom is the true inside story of the Lennon and McCartney of the video game industry: John Carmack and John Romero. Together they created an empire, ruled a multibillion-dollar industry, and provoked a national controversy. They lived a unique American dream, escaping their broken homes to co-create the most innovative and notoriously successful video games in history - Doom and Quake - until the games they made tore them apart. David Kushner has been covering the video game industry for ten years and knows all the angles. Even those with no interest in video games will be fascinated by this vastly entertaining tale of friendship, betrayal and the genesis of a multibillion-dollar popular art form.