Why did I love this book?
Masters of Doom perfectly captures the scrappiness of software entrepreneurship in the early 90s.
It takes the readers on a fascinating journey of rags to riches through the early days of computer gaming. Along the way, readers learn about innovation, creativity, leadership, tech, crazy work ethics, and carving a unique path in the industry.
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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…