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
See Profile for even more interviews.
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