I read Masters of Doom a few years ago and don’t remember much of it now, but there was one story in the book about lead programmer John Carmack that has stuck with me. The game is now considered one of the most influential games of all time.Ī decade after Doom’s release, in 2003, journalist David Kushner published a book about id Software called Masters of Doom, which has since become the canonical account of Doom’s creation. In 1993, id Software released the first-person shooter Doom, which quickly became a phenomenon.
