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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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Publisher's Summary
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
- 08-09-2016
Childhood revisited
Loved it.
Great story.
Love the narrator.
Would recommend to anyone that grew up with Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake.
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- Ido
- 03-01-2019
must hear so much interesting
I've listened to this book as much as I could.
this was so interesting to learn about the good times, bad times and reasons for why things happen.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-06-2022
great games development and history unearthed
Wil Wheaton narrates amazingly as always.
Great story of gaming history.
very entertaining listening.
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- Paul
- 09-04-2022
excellwnt
Great book. Worth the read if you like v games, good narration, need more words.
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- Beethy
- 04-02-2019
Absolutely loved it.
Blasted through this as the book had incredible pacing and introduced interesting new elements or stories as it progressed.
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- Brett
- 17-05-2015
Fantastic read highly recommended!
As a software developer was great to get a timeline of my childhood gaming experience. Fantastic story, excellently read and interesting all the way through. Recommended for anyone that wants to get the story behind the evolution of PC gaming.
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- Bob
- 12-09-2024
ID Software Bio
Perfect performance. I like Wil Wheaton’s style of narrating. Listened to Doom Guy first. This fills in some blanks and then some. Although 20+ years old, it is still very much worth it if you are into ID stuff. The 2 Johns are selfmade men with human flaws. We (gamers) owe them much.
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- Sean
- 10-01-2018
Great story with excellent narration
Loved all of it! Hope others experience it. Interesting material, well written, and above all as enjoyable as the games the story revolved around.
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- Andrew glassington
- 04-08-2018
a must read for any gamer
love this book. An epic story through the evolution of gaming and the first person shooter.
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- Robin P Pereira
- 15-11-2017
A great listen
A great story about 2 very talented men withij the video games industry.
How they shaped it and yet they seemed destined to be driven apart eventually.
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