Doom Guy: Life in First Person -- by John Romero

[Xymph]

Autobiography release planned for next month.

[s4f3s3x]

Cool, so now he can move on to SIGIL 2

[Kroc]

2 minutes ago, s4f3s3x said:

Cool, so now he can move on to SIGIL 2

 

He's been doing SIGIL2, he was live-streaming it roughly 2 months ago -> https://www.twitch.tv/theromero

 

[Rudolph]

John Romero's About To Make You Read His Book.

[s4f3s3x]

27 minutes ago, Kroc said:

 

He's been doing SIGIL2, he was live-streaming it roughly 2 months ago -> https://www.twitch.tv/theromero

 

 

Yeah but that was 5%

Edited June 7, 2023 by s4f3s3x

[Anarkzie]

I hope that's not the official cover, it looks so amateur.

 

I guess, I should not judge a book buy it's cover and all that jazz.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Anarkzie

[Andrea Rovenski]

Awesome. Already bought it

[Mr Masker]

The cover looks like an Unofficial Minecraft Strategy Guide. John Romero is gonna tell me how to make a 3x3 Redstone Door.

Spoiler

 

Edited June 7, 2023 by Mr Masker

[LadyMistDragon]

4 hours ago, Andrea Rovenski said:

Awesome. Already bought it

same here! :D)

 

 

[OliveTree]

5 hours ago, Anarkzie said:

that

 

[OliveTree]

sorry to double post. the above post of mine was the result of several unintended misclicks in a row, and its so fucking funny to me that i can't possibly bring myself to edit it

[kwc]

 

But seriously, seems like it would be a nice little read. He claims to have hyperthymesia, which I'm seeing is being mentioned as a selling point for this autobiography so at the very least one can expect vivid detail.

 

13 minutes ago, OliveTree said:

the

[MissArgent]

I think I might buy it. Romero's always had a personality that demanded attention, no matter in what form.

[Wyrmwood]

I read a fair bit but pretty much all fiction, mostly sci-fi and fantasy. Might make an exception here, don't think I have ever read an autobiography before.

[Biodegradable]

It's not going to be available until September down here, but I've had it sitting on my Amazon shopping list since it was announced a while back. I just hope Romero's as good at writer as he is a programmer/level designer. ;^P

^{*I know a ghostwriter might be involved, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Shaddap lol}

Edited June 8, 2023 by Biodegradable

[Maximum Matt]

I agree that it's one crappy book cover, they should have gone with a pic of the dude like this - 

 

9 hours ago, kwc said:

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[Gez]

30 minutes ago, Maximum Matt said:

I agree that it's one crappy book cover, they should have gone with a pic of the dude like this - 

Or one doing the Punchatz box art pose, since he claimed to have modeled it.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Gez

[netcurse2000]

1 hour ago, Biodegradable said:

I just hope Romero's as good at writer as he is a programmer/level designer. ;^P

Like prehistoric level designer, lol

[aboyes1989]

19 hours ago, Anarkzie said:

I hope that's not the official cover, it looks so amateur.

 

I guess, I should not judge a book buy it's cover and all that jazz.

 

Ironically, it looks a lot like the unofficial doom WAD discs from back in the day.

[Anarkzie]

13 minutes ago, aboyes1989 said:

 

Ironically, it looks a lot like the unofficial doom WAD discs from back in the day.

That must be what he's referencing then. I think a traditional cover would be better but I guess a lot of fans would probably get it.

[HavoX]

I'm personally fine with the cover.

 

I've had that book on my Amazon wish list since last year, but I'm not in any rush to preorder/buy it because I only have less than $40.00 on my account and I'm being rather selective on what I buy.

Maybe on my birthday when I get some gift cards..

[Captain Ventris]

Preorders are signed according to his Twitter, so I’ve got mine reserved!

[aboyes1989]

On 6/8/2023 at 6:47 PM, Anarkzie said:

That must be what he's referencing then. I think a traditional cover would be better but I guess a lot of fans would probably get it.

 

Yeah, I reckon so. I like the look but it could have had more to it.

[tatsu91]

On 6/7/2023 at 4:01 PM, s4f3s3x said:

Cool, so now he can move on to SIGIL 2

He is working on it. He is also working on a 32 map megawad.

[Rudolph]

12 minutes ago, tatsu91 said:

He is working on it. He is also working on a 32 map megawad.

Oh, so SIGIL 2 will be for The Ultimate Doom after all?

[Zilch]

Needless to say I was very surprised to see an article on The Verge written by John Romero!

 

https://www.theverge.com/23796894/john-romero-id-software-commander-keen-autobiography

[daydreamer]

The “article” is just an excerpt from his book ‘Doom Guy: Life in first person’ 

[Maximum Matt]

I'm cool widdit

[Biodegradable]

Since the book isn't going to be available until September for me, I'll gladly take this little excerpt!

[Sneezy McGlassFace]

Interesting but I'll wait for general reception and table of contents. 

I'd be very interested in how he took the daikatana disaster but I'm skeptical to assume his telling would be 100% honest/accurate. I've already heard that about masters of doom.