"You know, I never wanted to make you my bitch, not you, not them, not any of the other players and, most importantly, not any of my fans. Up until that ad, I felt I had a great relationship with the gamer and the game development community and that ad changed everything... I regret it and I apologise for it."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/romer ... d-campaign
Everyone should read Masters of Doom, best book i've read in years 
Everyone should read Masters of Doom, best book i've read in years
That
Oh and I luled when Romero said he didn't mind teaming up with Carmack again... Yeh, no wonder, Carmack is still kicking ass and he's better than ever while Romero hasn't shipped a game for years now.
Oh well, I respect the guy though, he's the father of FPS and deathmatch so we all owe him!
I was under the impression that ad was supposed to be corny. 
Seconded...or, thirded?
I have a print out of that ad on my office wall, you can say a lot about it in terms of it being bad taste and disrespectful, but it's almost gotten iconic by now. I bet it's the printed gaming ad that most gamers remember, for better or worse.
Regarding Romero, then I've grown to really respect him as I've read more and more about him. Might be an underdog thing, which I'm always a sucker for, the fact that he went from being pretty much the biggest game designer name on the PC to designing mobile games. He definitely seems like a pretty cool guy once you ignore all the generic internet hate that usually surrounds his name. Not entirely sure what he's up to now, if it's still that MMO there was talk about, but part of me would love to see him return to the FPS scene with a big AAA title and actually be successful. I do however doubt that it would ever happen 
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Seconded...or, thirded?
I have a print out of that ad on my office wall, you can say a lot about it in terms of it being bad taste and disrespectful, but it's almost gotten iconic by now. I bet it's the printed gaming ad that most gamers remember, for better or worse.
Regarding Romero, then I've grown to really respect him as I've read more and more about him. Might be an underdog thing, which I'm always a sucker for, the fact that he went from being pretty much the biggest game designer name on the PC to designing mobile games. He definitely seems like a pretty cool guy once you ignore all the generic internet hate that usually surrounds his name. Not entirely sure what he's up to now, if it's still that MMO there was talk about, but part of me would love to see him return to the FPS scene with a big AAA title and actually be successful. I do however doubt that it would ever happen
Do you have a high-res scan? I've looked everywhere and could only find shitty tiny pics 
Seconded...or, thirded?
I have a print out of that ad on my office wall, you can say a lot about it in terms of it being bad taste and disrespectful, but it's almost gotten iconic by now. I bet it's the printed gaming ad that most gamers remember, for better or worse.
Regarding Romero, then I've grown to really respect him as I've read more and more about him. Might be an underdog thing, which I'm always a sucker for, the fact that he went from being pretty much the biggest game designer name on the PC to designing mobile games. He definitely seems like a pretty cool guy once you ignore all the generic internet hate that usually surrounds his name. Not entirely sure what he's up to now, if it's still that MMO there was talk about, but part of me would love to see him return to the FPS scene with a big AAA title and actually be successful. I do however doubt that it would ever happen
Do you have a high-res scan? I've looked everywhere and could only find shitty tiny pics
Nah, its the same super low res one that you'll find with a regular Google image search.
Is it even possible to buy it somewhere on the internet? I'd pay for that shit! ;O
I still feel in regards to the design and art, Doom2 is still the best ID game (for singleplayer, multiplayer I give that to quakeworld). I'd love to John, John, Adrian and all the old team get together and make a game about demons, space marines, spooky sound effects etc
I still feel in regards to the design and art, Doom2 is still the best ID game (for singleplayer, multiplayer I give that to quakeworld). I'd love to John, John, Adrian and all the old team get together and make a game about demons, space marines, spooky sound effects etc
only if john was a zombie
Quake is my favorite, and Doom is slightly behind.
This game (Quake heh) has a damn amazing atmosphere, terrifying and great monsters, intelligent level design, and this atmosphere is even greater when you play with the music (composed by Mr. Reznor). It's a shame they ditched the whole thing and did classic sci-fi stuff with Quake 2 (even if it's a good game and the Stroggs are pretty disturbing).
Oh and yeah, give us another game about space marines and demons already.
I actually think the ad is/was funny. 
Quote from SindwillerI actually think the ad is/was funny.
Not really, read Masters of Doom and you'll understand the true story behind it.
Suck it down.
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Not really, read Masters of Doom and you'll understand the true story behind it.
I cant believe I havent read that yet, I gotta track down a copy
i have nothing new to add to this thread so ill just repeat what everyone else was already stating
-good book
-funny ad
-lots or respect for romero he deserves a come back in some form.
Last time I heard anything about John Romero he was making N-Gage games.
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