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'''Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture''' is a [[List of books|book]] by [[David Kushner]] about [[id Software]] and its influence on popular culture, focusing chiefly on [[John Romero]] and [[John Carmack]].  Adopting a novel-like narrative, Kushner chronicles the lives of both men from childhood through the early successes of id Software, the new heights the company reached with [[Doom]], on through to their separation as developers after [[Quake]]. Kushner was an early entrant into the field of video-game journalism, and recycled some of his own original reporting in the book.
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'''''Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture''''' is a [[List of books|book]] by [[David Kushner]] about [[id Software]] and its influence on popular culture, focusing chiefly on [[John Romero]] and [[John Carmack]].  Adopting a novel-like narrative, Kushner chronicles the lives of both men from childhood through the early successes of id Software, the new heights the company reached with [[Doom]], on through to their separation as developers after [[Quake]]. Kushner was an early entrant into the field of video-game journalism, and recycled some of his own original reporting in the book.
  
 
A budget film based on this book was in production by ''Showtime'' at one time, but seems to have been abandoned.{{cite web|author=Gibson, Ellie|publication=Eurogamer.net|publishdate=15 April 2005|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58664|title=Masters of Doom movie confirmed|accessdate=21 June 2015}}<ref name="dwf20150621">{{Dwforumst|id=1386503}}</ref>
 
A budget film based on this book was in production by ''Showtime'' at one time, but seems to have been abandoned.{{cite web|author=Gibson, Ellie|publication=Eurogamer.net|publishdate=15 April 2005|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58664|title=Masters of Doom movie confirmed|accessdate=21 June 2015}}<ref name="dwf20150621">{{Dwforumst|id=1386503}}</ref>
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===Foreign language editions===
 
===Foreign language editions===
An authorized Hungarian translation was produced in two volumes, entitled ''A Doom legendája Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot'' (English: ''Legend of Doom: How John Carmack and John Romero changed the world'').
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| Hungarian  || A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot - I. A kezdet || Gergő Szalay || Kaposvári Nyomda Kft.|| 2003 ||
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| Hungarian  || A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot - II. Külön utakon || Gergő Szalay || Kaposvári Nyomda Kft. || 2003 ||
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| Russian    || Властелины Doom: Как двое парней создали игровую индустрию и воспитали целое поколение геймеров || || Mann, Ivanov i Ferber || 2014 || ISBN 978-5000573723
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| Spanish    || Maestros del Doom: Cómo dos colegas crearon un imperio y transformaron la cultura popular || Óscar Palmer Yáñez || Es Pop Ediciones || 2018 || ISBN 978-8494458750
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An authorized Hungarian translation was produced in two volumes, entitled ''A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot'' (English: ''Legend of Doom: How John Carmack and John Romero changed the world'').
 
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An authorized Spanish translation entitled ''Maestros del Doom: Cómo dos colegas crearon un imperio y transformaron la cultura popular'' was created by Es Pop Ediciones in April 2018.
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Revision as of 05:30, 27 May 2018

Masters of Doom cover

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture is a book by David Kushner about id Software and its influence on popular culture, focusing chiefly on John Romero and John Carmack. Adopting a novel-like narrative, Kushner chronicles the lives of both men from childhood through the early successes of id Software, the new heights the company reached with Doom, on through to their separation as developers after Quake. Kushner was an early entrant into the field of video-game journalism, and recycled some of his own original reporting in the book.

A budget film based on this book was in production by Showtime at one time, but seems to have been abandoned.[1][2]

Synopsis

"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 co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises in history—Doom and Quake—until the games they made tore them apart."
― Publisher's description

Editions

Edition Publisher Date Pages Dewey Decimal ISBN-10 ISBN-13 LOC Classification LCCN Open Library ID
Hardcover (1st Ed) Random House 6 May 2003 352 794.8/092/2, B ISBN 0375505245 ISBN 978-0375505249 GV1469.15 .K87 2003 2002026598 OL3561326M
Paperback Random House 24 Apr 2003 335 ISBN 1588362892 ISBN 978-1588362896 - - OL24264538M
Reprint, Paperback Piatkus Books 30 Oct 2003 352 ISBN 0749924756 ISBN 978-0749924751 - - OL7970019M
Reprint, Paperback Random House 11 May 2004 368 ISBN 0812972155 ISBN 978-0812972153 - - OL8021008M
Turtleback Demco 29 Sep 2004 ISBN 0606313451 ISBN 978-0606314352 - - OL10943886M

Foreign language editions

Language Title Co-author(s) / translation Publisher Year ISBN
Hungarian A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot - I. A kezdet Gergő Szalay Kaposvári Nyomda Kft. 2003
Hungarian A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot - II. Külön utakon Gergő Szalay Kaposvári Nyomda Kft. 2003
Russian Властелины Doom: Как двое парней создали игровую индустрию и воспитали целое поколение геймеров Mann, Ivanov i Ferber 2014 ISBN 978-5000573723
Spanish Maestros del Doom: Cómo dos colegas crearon un imperio y transformaron la cultura popular Óscar Palmer Yáñez Es Pop Ediciones 2018 ISBN 978-8494458750

Gallery

An authorized Hungarian translation was produced in two volumes, entitled A Doom legendája: Hogyan változtatta meg John Carmack és John Romero a világot (English: Legend of Doom: How John Carmack and John Romero changed the world).

An authorized Spanish translation entitled Maestros del Doom: Cómo dos colegas crearon un imperio y transformaron la cultura popular was created by Es Pop Ediciones in April 2018.

Audio books

A full unabridged audio book edition was produced in 2012 by AudioBooks.com. Narrated by actor Wil Wheaton, the recording has a total duration of 12 hours and 43 minutes.

Trivia

  • Romero mentioned in June of 2015 that a new extended edition of the book is underway.[2]

See also

External links

Sources

References

  1. Gibson, Ellie (15 April 2005). "Masters of Doom movie confirmed." Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.doomworld.com/vb/post/1386503