Doom Guy Life In First Person Is A New Book About John Romero And Original First Person Shooters

If you like first-person shooters, then you owe a lot to John Romero. His team at id Software is credited with creating the genre with the original Doom in 1993. He’s also releasing a book that chronicles his life as a game developer.

Romero certainly has enough stories to fill a book. His work at id Software includes not just Doom, but also Heretic, Hexen, and Quake. Prior to that, he worked on the Might & Magic and Commander Keen series. Post-Doom credits include a variety of games from Daikatana to contributing to Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Commander. His most recent game, strategy RPG Empire of Sin, released in 2020.

Romero never forgot about Doom though. He actually created a new Doom 2 level just this past March, with all proceeds going to relief in Ukraine. That’s available for €5.00 (roughly $5.53 USD) on his website.