John Romero & Larry Kuperman Discuss The Games Industry | Deep Dive

In this special episode of Deep Dive, Nightdive's Locke Vincent and Larry Kuperman are joined by the legendary John Romero, co-founder of id Software, to talk about his career history in the games industry, including the inspirations behind Wolfenstein 3D, the birth of id Software, his work on games like Heretic + Hexen, and Daikatana, and more! =================================== Connect With Us! =================================== IG ➡️   / nightdivestudios   Twitch ➡️   / nightdivestudios   TikTok ➡️   / nightdive.studios   Discord ➡️   / discord   Facebook ➡️   / nightdivestudios   X | Twitter ➡️ https://x.com/NightdiveStudio =================================== ⏰ Timecodes ⏰ =================================== 0:00 - Intro 2:01 - Inspiration behind Wolfenstein 3D 7:10 - Working at Origin Systems on Space Rogue 9:49 - Softdisk and endless disk shipments 13:28 - Larry's experience with shareware 16:17 - The birth of id Software 19:40 - The validation when your game sells 23:04 - TriOptimum shirt story 25:02 - Heretic + Hexen and working with Raven Software 30:45 - Founding Ion Storm and making Daikatana 33:38 - Running a company full of modders 35:15 - Company culture in 1997 39:31 - The state of game dev today 42:57 - What does the future of game development look like? 45:04 - We are in the age of discoverability 46:50 - How the hunting genre was invented by Wal-Mart 49:12 - Upcoming things and store goodies 50:10 - Final thoughts and outro =================================== #nightdive #deepdive #interview #podcast #gaming #johnromero