DOOM 启世录
Masters of Doom
David Kushner · 初版 2003 年
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为什么值得读
- 展现早期经典游戏开发背后的坚持与拼搏
- 记录打造游戏帝国的真实起步与创业故事
- 叙事节奏紧凑跌宕，阅读体验刺激过瘾
“依我之见，美国最伟大的宇宙创世神话主角，往往是那种性格孤僻、不合群的天才少年——在他那封闭的卧室实验室里，从零开始凭空创造出整个宇宙。《Masters of Doom》便是一个格外引人入胜的范例。Dave Kushner 以极其充沛的激情，记录了电子游戏大师 Carmack 与 Romero 的传奇故事。这是一部让人手不释卷、具有神话色彩的赛博肥皂剧，讲述了两位魅力十足的极客天才；阅读它的最佳方式，莫过于大口吞着意式辣香肠比萨、狂灌 Diet Coke，并把 Queens of the Stone Age 的摇滚乐音量开到最大。”——Mark Leyner，《I S》作者
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想了解那个时代的某些历史，我建议读读 David Kushner 写的《Masters of Doom : how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture》（DOOM 启世录）。这本书到现在已经有 15 年历史了（！！！），但我感觉依然非常引人入胜。
For some of the history of that time, I suggest checking out "Masters of Doom : how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture", by David Kushner. The book is 15 years old (!!!) at this point, but I think it's still a compelling read.
……那种心沉下去的感觉涌了上来……我是说，跟你一样，他的故事、他的游戏（可不仅仅是 Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake 系列……各位童鞋，我说的是 Commander Keen）、他的代码、读过的《Masters of Doom》等等，都深深影响了我。我能看到手边放着一本 Michael Abrash 的《Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition》，当年刚出来的时候读起来简直是一种享受，因为里面有太多精彩章节是关于……
…sinking feeling set in... I mean, like you, I have been impacted by his story, his games (not just the Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake franchises... I'm talking Commander Keen, boys and girls), his code, reading Masters of Doom, etc. I can see my copy of Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book Special Edition sitting here, which was such a treat to read when it came out, because it has so many great chapters on the…
……昨天碰巧看到了，发现超多书和作者可以加进我的 Amazon 愿望单：https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf 如果你对游戏/创业故事感兴趣，那我必须强烈推荐《Masters of Doom》，讲的是 id 早期的故事。读起来惊心动魄又让人热血沸腾：https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Cult... - 新闻上还说 USA Network 已经预订了电视剧改编版的试播集……
…happened to find it yesterday and found tons of books and authors to add to my Amazon wishlists: https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf If you're interested in games / startup stories, I have to recommend Masters of Doom, about the early days of id. It's thrilling and exciting to read: https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Cult... - It's also in the news that USA has ordered a pilot for a TV adaptation.…
……展开。韧劲、毅力以及始终如一的坚持，能够弥补拿着跟风（me-too）产品去追随行业老大带来的劣势。对于任何狂热喜欢这类故事的人来说，David Kushner 的《Masters of Doom》都是一本读起来欲罢不能的佳作，怎么推荐都不为过。又及：我非常能共情那种偶然看到某些热门商业游戏代码库、结果发现几乎整个都堆在单个源文件里的感受。
…unfolded. Tenacity, persistence, and consistency can outweigh the disadvantages of following an industry leader with a me-too product. And for anyone else who eats this kind of thing up, David Kushner's Masters of Doom is a great read that I can't recommend highly enough. p.s. I can definitely identify with running across popular commercial game codebases which are composed almost entirely by one source file.
它们不是 2018 年出版的，但我蛮喜欢的几本：* 《Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution》（Steven Levy） * 《Masters of DOOM》（David Kushner） * 《The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets》（Simon Singh） * 《Countdown to Zero Day》（关于震网病毒，Kim Zetter 著） * 《Sapiens: A brief history of human kind》（Yuval Noah Harari） * 《Coders》……
They weren't written in 2018, but some I enjoyed: * Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution (Steven Levy) * Masters of DOOM (David Kushner) * The simpsons and their mathematical secrets (Simon Singh) * Countdown to zero day (about stuxnet, by Kim Zetter) * Sapiens: A brief history of human kind (Yuval Noah Harari) * Coders…
如果有人对 Doom（以及 Wolf3D、Keen……）的开发历程，或者整个 id Software 的故事感兴趣，我相当推荐读一读《Masters of Doom》。https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222146.Masters_of_Doom?f... 巧的是，我上周刚开始重读。真的是本很有意思的书 :)
For those interested in the development of Doom (And Wolf3D, Keen, ..), or the story of iD software in general, I quite recommend reading "Masters of Doom". https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222146.Masters_of_Doom?f... Coincidentally, I just started re-reading it last week. It's quite a fun book :)