John Romero Back In The Game

Gamespot reports that John Romero, the well known former id software designer, has opened his own development studio for the first time in several years. From the article: "Romero and Midway parted ways after just two years. He had been hired, along with former Ion Storm colleague Tom Hall, in October, 2003. His departure in July of this year was amicable on the surface, but chatter among industry wags suggested the Midway brass weren't entirely impressed with the work Romero and his team produced. At the time of his departure, Romero and Hall were working on the still-unreleased action role-playing game Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows."

Comments

Romero

[Tomchu]

I'm thinking maybe he spent too much time shampooing and combing his lustrous mane rather than coding. Then again Commander Keen *did* own.

Re:Romero

[Doctor Ian]

Unfortunaetly he chopped off the hair a while back. Now he is trim! The restless nights wondering what it would feel like to brush against his soft tendrils are no more ;_;

Re:Ego the size of a planet...

[RealityMogul]

Unfortunately, people keep feeding that ego too. Look at his forums. There's a user with the name of JohnRomeroWorshiper. Of course, that could just be Romero himself.

New Slashdot Moderation Feature?

[telstar]

Is there any way to moderate the developer mentioned in a story "Overrated"?

Re:Daikatana

[Tessu]

From TFA:

As for details on what Romero is up to in his new Northern California digs, the designer was vague, saying only, "When news of my new game somehow gets out, I think everyone will be a bit shocked."

My money is on this being Daikatana II...

Daikatana 2

[kinglink]

Sweet, Jokes about Duke Nukem Forever are getting old, and look here comes Romero to be the butt of our jokes again!

Re:Daikatana - what was all that about?

[PhoenixOne]

Here's the gameplay. Start will a god-awful cutscene that is way too long. Then get killed by mosquitoes and frogs a few times. No, I'm not kidding, you have to shoot frogs and mosquitoes that are so poorly textured that you'll mistake them for the background. If you miss a frog, it will touch you and you'll explode (Why? No Idea.) Then you take the CD out of your computer, nail it to a wall, and rock back-and-forth with your eyes closed until they stop bleeding.