Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
ISBN-10
0812972155
ISBN-13
9780812972153
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
339
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Author
David Kushner

Description

Presents a dual biography of John Carmack and John Romero, the creators of the video games Doom and Quake, assessing the impact of their creation on American pop culture and revealing how their success eventually destroyed their relationship.

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books

  • I Smell Esther Williams
    I Smell Esther Williams
    By Mark Leyner

    Such scenarios are just par for the course in this gloriously disorienting volume by Mark Leyner, author of My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist and Et Tu, Babe, and a writer who plays the English language the way Jimi Hendrix played the guitar ...

  • Fantastic Four: The Master of Doom
    Fantastic Four: The Master of Doom

    "Contains material originally published in magazine form as Fantastic Four #562-569"--P. [2] of cover.

  • DOOM: SCARYDARKFAST
    DOOM: SCARYDARKFAST
    By Dan Pinchbeck

    Daniel Pinchbeck brings together the complete story of DOOM for the first time. This book takes a look at the early days of first-person gaming and the video game studio system.

  • He-Man and the Asteroid of Doom
    He-Man and the Asteroid of Doom
    By John Grant

    He-Man and the Asteroid of Doom

  • Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil
    Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil

    Doctor Doom teams with the Masters of Evil, Magneto, and the Sinister Six to seek out a legendary source of power he plans to use for himself.

  • Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas
    Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas
    By David Kushner

    But that's just what the young guys heading unnoticed inside were about to do. By the end of the tournament, the card shark kids would take the final tables for more than $4 million. It wasn't a lucky streak; it was an infiltration.

  • The Game Masters of Garden Place
    The Game Masters of Garden Place
    By Denis Markell

    A quirky Dungeons & Dragons-inspired adventure that will appeal to gamers and readers of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series.

  • Alligator Candy: A Memoir
    Alligator Candy: A Memoir
    By David Kushner

    From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a reported memoir about family, survival, and the unwavering power of love—and the basis for the podcast Alligator Candy. David Kushner grew up in the early 1970s in the Florida suburbs.

  • Knee-Deep in the Dead
    Knee-Deep in the Dead
    By Dafydd Ab Hugh

    The Gates were there on Phobos when mankind first arrived.

  • Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
    Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
    By David Kushner

    He also examines the cultural and political backlash that sent sales soaring, even as it threatened the game's continued existence. This is a pop culture story for the ages.