Book Review: Masters of Doom

latimes.com has posted a review of Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner. The book tells the story of John Carmack and John Romero and their influence on the gaming world as we know it.

Both boys were obsessed with computers and games early on. Romero couldn't keep himself away from the local arcade, even after being beaten and grounded by his stepfather. And having mastered all the games he played, Romero yearned to make some of his own. He fared poorly in school, listened to heavy metal and allowed his imagination to run wild with scatological and violent thoughts, expressed first in his drawings. By age 11, Romero was producing some odd illustrations, to say the least.

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