The book that dissects game history
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner is another laser-focused look at what happens behind video games’ coded curtain. This time, we go behind the scenes of the development of one of the most momentous games ever, 1993’s Doom
Kushner, a journalist and professor, spent years researching the history of id Software and interviewing co-founders John Carmack and John Romero. His resulting narrative harnesses the reverberations of their ultimately shattered relationship, making for an eternally relevant document about youth, friendship, and modern gaming’s ragged history.
