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Praise for Masters of Doom
"A fascinating portrait of visionary coders transforming a previously marginal hobby into a kind of twenty-first-century art form—and enraging an entire generation of parents along the way. Kushner tells the story with intelligence and a great sense of pacing. Masters of Doom is as riveting as the games themselves."
—Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You and Where Good Ideas Come From
"Masters of Doom is an excellent archetypal tale of hard work and genius being corrupted by fame too young and fortune too fast. I rooted for these guys, was inspired by them, and then was disturbed by them—and was fascinated from beginning to end."
—Po Bronson, coauthor of NurtureShock
"Kushner's mesmerizing tale of the Two Johns moves at a rapid clip . . . describing the twists and turns of fate that led them to team up in creating the most powerful video games of their generation . . . An exciting combination of biography and technology."
—USA Today
"Meticulously researched . . . as a ticktock of the creative process and as insight into a powerful medium too often dismissed as kids' stuff, Masters of Doom blasts its way to a high score."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Kushner's portrait of Carmack is lustrous and gripping . . . An impressive and adroit social history."
—The New York Times Book Review
"Terrifically told . . . The storytelling is so fluid, so addictive, that your twitching thumbs keep working the pages."
—The Washington Post Book World
DAVID KUSHNER is the author of Masters of Doom, voted the best videogame book of all time by Game Informer magazine, as well as Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids, and Levittown. A contributing editor at Rolling Stone, Kushner has written for publications including Vanity Fair, Wired, New York Times Magazine, New York, GQ, and Details. He served as the digital culture commentator for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday. He has been included in The Best American Crime Reporting and is an adjunct professor of journalism at New York University.
Author’s Note v
Prologue: Players vs. Haters 1
1 The Outlaws 5
2 The Warriors 11
3 Race’n’ Chase 20
4 Gouranga! 27
5 Eating the Hamster 36
6 Liberty City 46
7 Gang Warfare 55
8 Steal This Game 65
9 Rockstar Loft 74
10 The Worst Place in America 80
11 State of Emergency 89
12 Crime Pays 101
13 Vice City 111
14 Rampages 124
15 Cashmere Games 134
16 Grand Death Auto 142
17 Boyz in the Hood 159
18 Sex in San Andreas 170
19 Unlock the Darkness 186
20 Hot Coffee 201
21 Adults Only 216
22 Busted! 222
23 Bullies 230
24 Flowers for Jack 247
25 New York City 259
Epilogue: Outlaws to the End 271
Acknowledgments 279
Notes 280
Index 292
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Praise for Masters of Doom
"A fascinating portrait of visionary coders transforming a previously marginal hobby into a kind of twenty-first-century art form—and enraging an entire generation of parents along the way. Kushner tells the story with intelligence and a great sense of pacing. Masters of Doom is as riveting as the games themselves."
—Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You and Where Good Ideas Come From
"Masters of Doom is an excellent archetypal tale of hard work and genius being corrupted by fame too young and fortune too ...