John Romero Quotes
You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. Its logic-based creativity.
In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last.
I think DOOM had just the right mix of elements that keep people coming back to it: great monsters, excellent weapons with great balance, a spooky environment and extreme speed.
There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games.
I'm creating the kind of games that I like right now. I'm not being held back by technology.
You're headed in the right direction when you realize the customer viewpoint is more important than the company viewpoint. It's more productive to learn from your customers instead of about them.
There is a definite argument to be made that videogames are becoming an art form put together by artists of different types.
I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.
We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.
You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.
I've gone on record to say that I'm proud of the PC version of Daikatana and I stand behind that.
What I didn't foresee in 2005 was the rise of the post-PC, which are all these tablets now. These are the things that actually will probably be the end of the consoles.
