John Romero & Larry Kuperman Discuss The Games Industry | Deep Dive

In this special episode of Deep Dive, Nightdive's Locke Vincent and Larry Kuperman are joined by the legendary John Romero, co-founder of id Software, to talk about his career history in the games industry, including the inspirations behind Wolfenstein 3D, the birth of id Software, his work on games like Heretic + Hexen, and Daikatana, and more!

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0:00 - Intro
2:01 - Inspiration behind Wolfenstein 3D
7:10 - Working at Origin Systems on Space Rogue
9:49 - Softdisk and endless disk shipments
13:28 - Larry's experience with shareware
16:17 - The birth of id Software
19:40 - The validation when your game sells
23:04 - TriOptimum shirt story
25:02 - Heretic + Hexen and working with Raven Software
30:45 - Founding Ion Storm and making Daikatana
33:38 - Running a company full of modders
35:15 - Company culture in 1997
39:31 - The state of game dev today
42:57 - What does the future of game development look like?
45:04 - We are in the age of discoverability
46:50 - How the hunting genre was invented by Wal-Mart
49:12 - Upcoming things and store goodies
50:10 - Final thoughts and outro
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