Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

ellius

• The Revolt of the Public: No book has done a better job of describing the current moment in history

• Masters of Doom: Reminded me what it means to care about work and have fun doing it

• Team of Rivals: A remarkable work of history and portrait of a man

• The Undercover Economist

• Fooled by Randomness

• The Prize

View on HN

I met John Romero once through a woman I was dating. I didn’t really know who he was or his history. When my girlfriend told me he created Doom and Battle.net, I was like, “oh, ok.” We had lunch with him and his Romanian girlfriend/wife (don’t remember their relationship). He seemed like a normal person. I’ll definitely check out the Masters of Doom book now.

Oh man- thanks for the Masters of Doom pointer! I picked it up right before my most recent flight and devoured it in almost one go. Nostalgia to the max.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com