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All of the Daikatana and Ion Storm jokes aside, what Romero was able to achieve from a level-design perspective in 1993 with Doom, given that such an engine had

All of the Daikatana and Ion Storm jokes aside, what Romero was able to achieve from a level-design perspective in 1993 with Doom, given that such an engine had never existed before, was pretty mind-boggling. I wish I had a chance to take game design classes with him now that he's a professor at my alma-mater (UC Santa Cruz), especially after seeing his walkthrough of Knee-Deep In The Dead on YouTube recently[0]. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU7_BthBWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUU7_BthBWM

koof 11y ago
theromero@ucsc.edu
- quincunx 11y ago
  Correct me where I'm wrong and sorry to ask or be "that guy," but is it appropriate to post someone's email address without their consent? Googled around for a bit, it does not seem to be public information.
  - binarycrusader 11y ago
    They've also moved to Ireland recently, so the information posted is no longer valid as far as I know as they're no longer a staff member according to the organization's web site.
  - ChristianBundy 11y ago
    It's absolutely public information, regardless of the fact that it's outdated. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.cs.ucsc.edu+"theromero" https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.cs.ucsc.edu+"ther... John's real email address is john@rome.ro (alternatively john@lootdrop.com). https://twitter.com/romero/status/55535691681112065 https://twitter.com/romero/status/55535691681112065
    - quincunx 11y ago
      Also, if you download the zip, there's yet another email address. This man clearly has no problem with being reached. So though I have to say I still feel sharing email should be the owner's choice, in this particular case, little harm appears to be done.
  - adwf 11y ago
    Doens't really matter whether it's public information or not in my opinion. Most of the nastiness of doxxing isn't from private info becoming public, but from it being posted in a highly public place. The occasional stranger phoning/emailing you can be dealt with. Thousands at once? :( Whether it's "technically" public or not, any inbox posted like this is going to have a very bad day and be functionally useless until it dies down.
sdevlin 11y ago
Double Fine's Devs Play series might be interesting to you. The first season includes a bunch of videos featuring John Romero talking about Doom. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhLvue17Sd6u2akeZZdYVBxNtfWZPm5W https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhLvue17Sd6u2akeZZdY.... There are also a few videos where a guy does some live ROM-hacking on the original Zelda.
mhd 11y ago
One of the major precedents to Doom's level design was probably Dungeons & Dragons. IIRC, the id Software guys were pretty heavy players and people like Sandy Peterson and Jennell Jaquays were working for id.

koof 11y ago

theromero@ucsc.edu

quincunx 11y ago
Correct me where I'm wrong and sorry to ask or be "that guy," but is it appropriate to post someone's email address without their consent? Googled around for a bit, it does not seem to be public information.
- binarycrusader 11y ago
  They've also moved to Ireland recently, so the information posted is no longer valid as far as I know as they're no longer a staff member according to the organization's web site.
- ChristianBundy 11y ago
  It's absolutely public information, regardless of the fact that it's outdated. https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.cs.ucsc.edu+"theromero" https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awww.cs.ucsc.edu+"ther... John's real email address is john@rome.ro (alternatively john@lootdrop.com). https://twitter.com/romero/status/55535691681112065 https://twitter.com/romero/status/55535691681112065
  - quincunx 11y ago
    Also, if you download the zip, there's yet another email address. This man clearly has no problem with being reached. So though I have to say I still feel sharing email should be the owner's choice, in this particular case, little harm appears to be done.
- adwf 11y ago
  Doens't really matter whether it's public information or not in my opinion. Most of the nastiness of doxxing isn't from private info becoming public, but from it being posted in a highly public place. The occasional stranger phoning/emailing you can be dealt with. Thousands at once? :( Whether it's "technically" public or not, any inbox posted like this is going to have a very bad day and be functionally useless until it dies down.

sdevlin 11y ago

Double Fine's Devs Play series might be interesting to you. The first season includes a bunch of videos featuring John Romero talking about Doom. Here's a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhLvue17Sd6u2akeZZdYVBxNtfWZPm5W https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIhLvue17Sd6u2akeZZdY.... There are also a few videos where a guy does some live ROM-hacking on the original Zelda.

mhd 11y ago

One of the major precedents to Doom's level design was probably Dungeons & Dragons. IIRC, the id Software guys were pretty heavy players and people like Sandy Peterson and Jennell Jaquays were working for id.