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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A BFT (Big Fucking Thanks, if you need to know) goes to everyone I interviewed while living in Dallas, traveling the country, and phoning or e-mailing from Brooklyn. Your recollections brought the past to life.
I’d like especially to thank the Two Johns. I had no idea how they would feel about answering all my questions, but they remained nothing less than gracious throughout our many late nights. John Carmack was as generous with his thoughts and memories as he is with his code. He also took me out to launch rockets and let me experience the turbo Ferrari firsthand; thanks for the ride. John Romero was always willing to dig into his vast archives of everything: games, art, comics, Burger King receipts, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. He and Stevie even let me crash at their ranch to dig for myself; I’m grateful.
Thanks to all my magazine editors who believed in (and assigned) stories over the years.
I’m-not-worthy bows for my unbeatable clan: my agent, Mary Ann Naples at the Creative Culture, Inc., my editors, Jonathan Karp and Timothy Farrell, Jon’s assistant, Jake Greenberg, my production editor, Benjamin Dreyer, and everyone else at Random House.
And thanks to my family and friends, for help and inspiration along the way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAVID KUSHNER has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wired, The Village Voice, and Spin. He has also worked as a senior writer and producer for the music website SonicNet. He lives in New York City.
Copyright © 2003 by David Kushner
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kushner, David.
Masters of Doom: how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture / David Kushner.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Romero, John. 2. Carmack, John. 3. Computer games—History. 4. Computer games—Programming—History. 5. Computer programmers—United States—Biography. I. Title.
GV1469.15 .K87 2003
794.8´092´2—dc21
[B] 2002026598
Random House website address: www.atrandom.com
eISBN: 978-1-58836-289-6
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