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Masters of Doom
- How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the most notoriously successful game franchises in history - Doom and Quake - until the games they made tore them apart. This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry - a powerful and compassionate account of what it's like to be young, driven, and wildly creative.
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- Dave
- 07-06-16
Brilliant book
Finishes off just before the launch of Doom 3, this book covers the rise and fall of Id software and ionstorm. Really engaging and focuses on the people behind the projects. Prepare to google Carmacks reverse.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-01-24
brilliant!!
will Wheaton does brilliantly as narrator ( even though I'm not a fan) and brings the book to life, this is a must read for gamers and people wanting to understand a massively important step in cultural history
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-04-24
A Blast from the past
I like how the narator really brought out IDs rockstar attitude whenever he quoted John Ramero
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- Bill Smyth
- 23-05-15
Fascinating tale of two geniuses
Great book and a must for all video game fans interested in the mediums history.
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- Liam
- 15-09-13
Great story really well read
As ever Will Wheaton delivers with a great telling of a fascinating story.
Anyone of an age to remember the early days of video games will really enjoy the roller coaster ride of ID.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-22
Essential reading for anyone interested in games
A great story of the evolution of the games industry, well written and well read.
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- K E Jones
- 13-03-24
Story was so compelling and well written.
I grew up on these games , I knew some of the books contents but so much I didn’t . It was a marvellous ride through my childhood.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-10-21
Not just read, performed
This is a compelling story - particularly the early chapters leading up to the release of Doom. As narrator, Wil Wheaton is clearly invested in the subject matter and dramatises the book, rather than just reading it. I found it hard to stop listening once I'd started.
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- Holleyann
- 16-11-17
Wonderful Wil Wheaton
Average writing nothing stylistically special but it's not supposed to be. It's a good story, well informed and presented. Wil Wheaton, however, is a wet dream for the ears.
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- Mr Chops
- 12-11-14
Behind the scenes
After Elite, Doom was my favourite game. To find out the backstory to its creation was like this was brilliant. The atmosphere, passiin and optimism of working in startup organisations always attracts me. It is all recreated here, along with the darker elements.
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