Doom Legend John Romero — The Path to Prolific Innovation and Making 130+ Games | Tim Ferriss Show
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Computer and video game legend John Romero (@romero) has designed and published more than 130 games since his first sale at the age of 16. A teenage programming prodigy, his major achievements include co-inventing a series of revolutionary computer games—DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein 3-D, and Commander Keen—that launched the industry’s most popular genre, the first-person shooter.
The memoir DOOM GUY: Life in First Person is his first book.
Please enjoy!
00:00 Intro
01:24 Childhood
05:32 Aggressor Squadron
09:23 John’s first exposure to computers and coding
16:40 Early innovations in 3D gaming
21:25 The id Software team
23:28 Side-scrolling games
26:23 Developing 13 games in one year. How?
33:06 Designing with movable and removable parts in mind
37:38 Warning the world of its inevitable DOOM
48:49 Hyperthymesia
56:17 Working on two games at once
59:14 When John realized DOOM would be a hit
1:07:45 Why John moved on from id Software
1:18:29 Starting a new company
1:20:01 What prompted John to write DOOM Guy: Life in First Person?
1:22:30 The origin of DOOM’s name
1:23:18 Parting thoughts
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