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Fwiw I read it for a work book club and liked it, though it did feel pretty similar to Masters of Doom and Soul of a New Machine, both of which I've also read
by CydeWeys 3y ago
Fwiw I read it for a work book club and liked it, though it did feel pretty similar to Masters of Doom and Soul of a New Machine, both of which I've also read recently. Those two were cited as influences in this book, are non-fiction, and I found them more interesting (maybe because they were non-fiction).
- throwaway675309 3y agoMasters of doom is a highly researched memoir of the gaming company iD software and also gets into some fairly technical details of how the first 3-D game engines worked (ray casting, binary space partitions, etc) It's probably one of my favorite memoirs, I can't imagine this book which seems to have a more focus on interpersonal relational fictional drama being in any way similar.
- CydeWeys 3y agoMasters of Doom has plenty of interpersonal drama in it as well. Hell, John Carmack and John Romero are the two main characters, and most of the other id Software early employees end up getting fired. I suggest you re-read Masters of Doom (or at least read this synopsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom#Content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom#Content ), also read Tomorrow^3, and you'll see the similarities.