by David Kushner
Kushner chronicles John Carmack and John Romero's partnership at id Software as they built Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake and defined the first-person shooter. Kushner argues that the collision of Carmack's engineering purity with Romero's rockstar showmanship both created the modern game industry and destroyed their friendship.
In this collection, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture references 3 other books.
It draws on The Soul of a New Machine, The Mythical Man-Month and The Pragmatic Programmer.
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Kushner's immersive reporting on Carmack's engine-building sessions mirrors Tracy Kidder's documentary method in The Soul of a New Machine for capturing hardware-software creation
Kushner's detailed look at id's software architecture decisions echoes the engineering lessons Brooks articulated in The Mythical Man-Month
Kushner's portrait of Carmack's craftsmanship obsession embodies the programmer ethic Hunt and Thomas codified in The Pragmatic Programmer
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