John Romero, the Man Behind the Hype 183
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.'"
Bob Dole (Score:5, Insightful)
John Romero, like many washed-up has beens, likes to refer to John Romero in the third person.
Seriously, for a guy that's a laughingstock in the video game industry, he sure does still have an ego. Come on man, when are you making me your bitch?
From the... (Score:5, Insightful)
His reputation precedes him. (Score:2, Insightful)
Thank god I didn't fall for it. However, I feel genuinely sorry for those that did.
Re:A lot of bashing (Score:3, Insightful)
The team was not supervised or given direction as to "this is what you need to do to make it work." Too much ego, not enough action.
John Romero is a tool. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Bob Dole (Score:3, Insightful)
Fame? (Score:4, Insightful)
The media personification of John Romero is not who John Romero is.
Don't tell me, John Romero is a series of... of nevermind.
Re:Who the hell.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Who the hell.... (Score:4, Insightful)
Nice try, but I'm 41. I know of Doom (I had a few friends who were really into it back in the mid-90s), but I couldn't care less about it. The provincial assumption that every nerd knows or cares about the FPS gaming subculture and its "important" figures is the fallacy I'm pointing out. Maybe if the original submitter had enough sense of perspective to explain who this John person was before gasping about how he's not just the legend everyone knows him as, I wouldn't find it so thoroughly absurd.
Re:Bob Dole (Score:5, Insightful)
When you are a guy who is prone to excess - and someone who had previously been prone to success - people enjoy watching your fall. Sad, but true; we are a petty lot.
For all that, while people may have laughed at Romero from time to time - John Romero was never a "laughing stock". That wouldn't be accurate at all.
In any event - it is wiser to keep your words soft and sweet, in case you are forced to eat them.
Re:Who the hell.... (Score:3, Insightful)
Or from my perspective, it showed that PC games could be just a stupid and boring as the worst arcade machine or console game... like playing duh-football but without the exercise. Come to think of it, maybe I should care who John Romero is, if he's responsible for PC gaming developing its obsession with eye candy, polygon rendering, and frames per second over... ideas. It means he's why I no longer give a damn about the game industry.
Re:Bob Dole (Score:4, Insightful)
How many people do you need laughing at you before you are officially - I mean on Wikipedia and everything, Snopes confirms - a "laughing stock"?
Slashdot has a lot of readers; I bet we could do it if we really pulled together. Who's with me? Let's roll!
John Romero? Aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaahaha.