Articles on Doom and id Software

These are articles / conferences / interviews relating to Doom and id Software.

Technical papers, FAQs, and articles which do not discuss Doom, are not covered here.

1998 Articles
1997 Articles
1996 Articles
1995 Articles
1994 Articles
Interviews


1998

PlanetQuake: Interview with Hank Leukart
"When Doom was released, it was in a league of its own."

1997

HotWired: The Egos at id
History of id Software, past and present Mirror site

The People of id
Photos of id's Doom crew, and some brief history

What's Happened to id
Why Romero left id

Doom Goes To War
All about Marine Doom

Our Time with ION
Romero's new startup, and a conversation with Warren Spector

1996

Entrepreneur's Mind special on id Software
History of id Software, all the way back to Softdisk

John Romero quits id Software
Initial news of Romero's leaving id

1995

TIME: Confessions of a Doom addict
Exploring the dubious--and addictive--pleasures of Doom

1994

Dallas Morning News Article
Article on Doom from May 17, 1994

Doom Conference
Computer Gaming World Doom Conference, Summer 1994


Interviews

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Mike Abrash

Chris MacAskill interview with Mike Abrash
Abrash talks about his time with id, and his career in general

John Carmack

John Carmack Interview with Electric Playground
On Carmack's interests, id Software, Romero, etc.

David McCandless interview with John Carmack
Carmack's thoughts on game engine design

DR_Bone interview with John Carmack
Carmack: "Romero was going on IRC when he should have been working, from my point of view."

Tom Hall

GameSlice Ion Storm Interview (erratic server)
Interview with John Romero and Tom Hall

GameSpot's Interview with Tom Hall
On his reasons for leaving id and Apogee

American McGee

Quake Workshop Interview with American McGee
Discusses level editing, from Doom to Quake 2

Sandy Petersen

Sandy Petersen
"I am really a Mormon, and the beard only frightens children over the age of 8."

Bobby Prince

An Interview with Games Maestro Bobby Prince
Adrenaline Vault's interview with Bobby Prince

John Romero

High Profile: John Romero
"Doomed" to transform the computer game industry

Methos Interviews
Brief interview talking about Doom, Quake

Edge Magazine interview with John Romero
Exclusive interview with Romero: some Doom history, his reasons for leaving id, etc.

The Words of a God
An Exclusive Interview with John Romero

GameSlice Ion Storm Interview (erratic server)
Interview with John Romero and Tom Hall

thesite Interview with John Romero
Discusses gaming in general

John Romero Interview with Electric Playground
On ION Storm

TIME: Beyond Doom and Quake
Romero: "id was just too limiting."

Harry Teasley

Electric Playground Interview with Harry Teasley
"Don't buy bad games."

Jay Wilbur

John Roadie Interview with Jay Wilbur
Audio clips and transcript of Dallas radio station interview on September 1994