John Romero reacts to Zenimax buyout of id |
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| BY Matthew Razak Jun. 24th, 2009 | More on: |
Here’s a short list of things that are actually disgusting: Two Girls, One Cup; vomiting on other people; really mangled roadkill; the bulge in David Bowie’s tights in Labyrinth; people who can pick their nose with their tongue; pedophiles.
Now, having that list in front of you what do you think about John Romero’s initial Twitter comment on the subject of Zenimax buying id: “ZENIMAX??????? Disgusting.” Seems pretty tame doesn’t it. Fine, maybe that wasn’t so fair, but I’m not sure where he’s getting disgusting from as we hardly ever hear of Zenimax doing big evil corporate things. Maybe he’s just disgusted by buyouts in general, but who knows.
He also followed his first Tweet up with “Fallout 3 bought DOOM. Wow.” but has since had some time to think about what he said and realized he might have been a bit harsh. He’s calmed down now, stating, “my initial reaction was harsh. sorry.” and “i guess i was shocked and sad to see the id Software of old changed forever today. it’s a new day and a new id.” We were all a little shocked Mr. Romero, and considering you’ve got a stronger connection to id than most of us, we’ll forgive you on this one.
June 24th, 2009
at 10:10 pm
Haha love that opening paragraph.
I’m not a Romero fan. The man threw his entire reputation behind Daikatana so he’s basically done nothing in my eyes. This just comes off as someone who defines “wash-up” being bitter at change.
June 24th, 2009
at 10:33 pm
Well, he was one of the founders of iD, and he helped make Doom. That’s a pretty large stake in the genre of the first person shooter.
But god did Daikatana suck.
June 25th, 2009
at 10:57 am
Romero was forced to resign after Quake. Why should he care and, more importantly, why should anyone else care what he thinks? He was kicked out of the clubhouse. It’s not even amusing anymore when these washed out, one hit wonders come in with their industry “insight.”
Here’s a nice little bit of Wikipedia trivia: “In September of 2008 John Romero told That Gaming Site that Severity [his most recent project] was canceled, but Tom Mustaine contacted the site to inform them the project was not canceled but in ’stealth mode’ citing John Romero was ‘let out of the loop’.” Not even his current associates respect him enough to tell him that his latest project is still moving forward.
June 25th, 2009
at 2:53 pm
God, you had to bring up two girls, one cup…and I’d just unburned that video from my retinas :’(
I remember actually being excited about Daikatana, reading the Romero developer diaries in PC Zone. Talk about the biggest disappointment of all time, up until Britney Spears flashed her twot and it wasn’t made of roses and rainbows.