Before John Romero co-created Doom he was just a kid. A very smart kid. When he was a teenager, he wrote a letter to Jordan Mechner, a very smart man who made a game young John Romero liked very much.
Romero had taste, because Mechnerās Karateka was awesome, as was his later invention, Prince of Persia.
On Wednesday, March 7, Romero and Mechner will join Markus āNotchā Persson (he merely made Minecraft), Tim Sweeney (founder of a neat company called Epic Games), Adam Saltsman (thank him for Canabalt) and USCās Jane Pickard (gaming reporter-turned-developer-turned academic) for one of the most star-studded panels the Game Developerās Conference has ever had
Theyāll be talking about the resurgence of indie development. And maybe Mechner will spill more on his new Karateka game. Itāll be cool no matter what happens.
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And now, thanks to this letter Mechner is sharing with us, we can see how two of the gaming industryās titans made first contact.
John Romero, you were a hell of a 17-year-old. Thatās for sure.
