The inspiring and highly anticipated autobiography of the video game designer and co-creator of DOOM, John Romero.

DOOM Guy: Life in First Person is the highly anticipated autobiography of John Romero, the gaming pioneer and co-creator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with inventing the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is a king of gaming.

Narrating his story with astonishing detail, a product of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his rich career—from his beginnings submitting Apple II code to computer magazines and the secretive transport of computers out the back door of his day job to work on programming projects at night in his garage, to a high-profile breakup with his partner at id Software, John Carmack, as well as his ongoing role in the video game industry today as the 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 that drove him to video game design, where he could create new worlds and escape places. An alcoholic father, a racist grandfather who disapproved of his parents' mixed-race marriage, and a grandmother who once ran a brothel in Mexico compose an enlightening story of his youth—a story never before revealed.

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

Pages: 288, Publication Year: 0803, Dimensions: 15.2x15.2cm