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John Romero, the Man Behind the Hype

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the life-in-the-spotlight dept.

rockstarenvy writes "In a recent interview with the Escapist, Russ Pitts reveals a lot about who John Romero really is. As Romero puts it: 'After 10-plus years of reading about yourself, all the good and bad, it all just becomes irrelevant after awhile. I know what I'm capable of doing and the people I work with are united in our mission, and they treat me just like they treat each other. The whole fame thing doesn't come into play when we're in development, because we're all a team. I know some of my guys read a lot of forums and sometimes they'll see some remark that someone clueless made and show it to me, chuckling because they know the truth of who I am and how I work. The media personification of John Romero is not who John Romero is.'"

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  1. Who the hell.... by Twillerror · · Score: 4, Funny

    is John Romero. Was he in that movie with that other guy?

    1. Re:Who the hell.... by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 3, Funny

      The only thing I remember about the name is that he wrote my all-time favorite Apple II game, Subnodule. Whatever he did after that is meaningless compared to Subnodule.

    2. Re:Who the hell.... by PunkOfLinux · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think he's one of the ones who coded the original DOOM

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    3. Re:Who the hell.... by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny

      is John Romero. Was he in that movie with that other guy?

      No, you got it all wrong. He's the guy in the garden, lurking in the the bushes, right? This chick, Julie sommat, she's on this balcony, y'see, and she goes "Romero, Romero, where fart thou Romero?", (cause he's been eating beans and she can smell him) and he says something at her like "What, like, in that there window speaks, oh damn, where's Julie at? I want to take her for a drive on the Montegue Expressway, if you dig my meaning." And a lot of other stuff like that.

      like totally forsooth and verily, dude

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    4. Re:Who the hell.... by dshaw858 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Whatever he did after that is meaningless compared to Subnodule.

      I feel insulted that you didn't mention Daikatana.

    5. Re:Who the hell.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      John Romero, the Man Behind the Hype

      nah... that should read

      John Romero, the Man Behind the Demon Face Wall That Spits Out Soul Cubes

    6. Re:Who the hell.... by ArchAbaddon · · Score: 2, Funny
      left again in 2005 and is currently making his own MMOG

      Tell me, Mr. Romero, how much do clothes cost in the Matrix?

  2. I know who John Romero is! by just_another_sean · · Score: 5, Funny

    I made him my bitch back in '97!

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  3. The people he works with by SendBot · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I know some of my guys read a lot of forums and sometimes they'll see some remark that someone clueless made and show it to me"

    I wonder if he made those guys his bitches.

  4. John Romero is John Romero by RealErmine · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The media personification of John Romero is not who John Romero is."

    John Romero is a guy who refers to John Romero in the third person.

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  5. No more bitchin' by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So John Romero wants to make you his friend now?