50 Quotes by John Romero

It was so easy, it was hard to believe.

I started looking at what I was going to do next, so I looked around on the net and I saw there was an opportunity for an MMO, there was a person starting an MMO so I contacted him. We talked for hours on the phone, we had a lot of common interests and ideas about this title and so basically this guy was really excited, brought me on as a co-founder of the company and I've been here for almost four months now.

If you walk into CompUSA or Babbage's and see the vast array of game titles on the shelf, chances are that 95% of those titles are not worth playing.

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.

We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.

I still like to play games that have a beginning, an end and a story.

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.

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.