DOOM GUY: LIFE IN FIRST PERSON

John Romero, Karolina Piwowarczyk (Polish Translation)

The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero

DOOM Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of John Romero, gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty.

Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career—from his early days submitting Apple II code to computer magazines and sneaking computers out of the back door of his day job to do programming projects at night in his garage to a high-profile falling out with his id Software cofounder John Carmack, as well as his continued role in the gaming industry today as the managing director of Romero Games Ltd.

His story is truly one of a self-made man, founding multiple companies after a childhood filled with violence and abuse drove him to video game design, where he could create new worlds and places to escape to. An alcoholic father, a racist grandfather who did not approve of Romero’s parents’ mixed-race coupling, and a grandmother who once ran a brothel in Mexico combine for an illuminating story his youth—a story that has never before been revealed.

After years in the gaming spotlight, Romero is now telling his story—THE WHOLE STORY—in his own words.

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Hardcover		9781419758119	2023	288
English	eBook		N/A	2023	288
French	Paperback		9782379892790	2024	384
Polish	Paperback		9788396567963	2023	528
Polish	Paperback	Limited Edition	9788396567963	2023	528
Russian	Hardcover		9785041912895	2024	624

AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

LANGUAGE	LENGTH	VERSION	NARRATORS	YEAR
English	18 hours	Unabridged	John Romero	2023

OTHER NAMES

Doom Guy: Life In First Person

Le gars qui a fait DOOM

DOOM Guy: Życie w pierwszej osobie

Икона DOOM. Жизнь от первого лица. Автобиография

TAGS

Authors/Translators: #JohnRomero / #KarolinaPiwowarczyk

Publishers: #AbramsPress (Abrams Press) #BlackstonePublishing (Blackstone Publishing) #Bombora (Bombora [Бомбора]) #OmakéBooks (Omaké Books) #OpenBeta (Open Beta)