Brenda L Romero

What an incredible honor, and DOOM is the only video game on the list! Congrats to DOOM devs, players, modders, and the entire games community. This one is for all of us. Thanks @GenePark @washingtonpost!

I’d like to return to this thread where I referred to the game industry as being a trash fire. Some corrected me to talk about record profits. How about record layoffs? I am fucking bereft at the state of it.

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. The people at id have done a great job moving that legacy forward. DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein are not easy names to carry on, especially in today’s industry. The last few games showed real care, skill and respect for what those worlds mean to people. A note on digital preservation: id's history is critically important to the history of games. I’ve preserved id’s complete early history from our start at Softdisk through to August 6, 1996, including materials and assets that, as far as I know, id itself no longer has. I hope someone is doing the same for the company’s ongoing legacy (the work, code, assets, stories and the people behind them). I’m thinking of everyone at id today, and everyone else affected by yesterday’s layoffs. Romero Games was there a year ago. I know how devastating it is, and my heart's with all of you.

@owenmahoney Excellent piece.

Nobody sets out to kill a great video game studio. And yet… New essay. Link in comments.

@locust9 Yep

game devs, the sky is def falling

Congrats to Ardan on taking over our old (but much loved) space in Galway City centre! Romero Games moved to its new office in Dockgate on Merchants Road in 2023.

The fact that parts of the industry are reporting record profits while so many developers feel exhausted, uncertain, and disposable only makes the disconnect feel even greater.

What saddens me most is seeing veteran devs leave the industry entirely, taking decades of institutional knowledge with them. Younger devs who grew up loving games and dreamed of making them are wondering if there’s a future for them here at all.

When I referred to the industry as being “crashier” now than it was in 1983, I meant how it feels to live and work in this industry as a developer, not in terms of industry revenue.

Psst... id Software founders John Romero, John Carmack, Tom Hall and Adrian Carmack will be joining us in celebrating 30 years of QuakeCon and 35 years of id! Stay tuned for more details! General Admission Tickets still available: beth.games/4uWpikF

Guess who’s coming to QuakeCon? 👀 quakecon.bethesda.net/en/ #QuakeCon

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The director of Game On followed me around for ~10 years, and this documentary is the result. It’s 100% independent, and I had no editorial say. I think it turned out really well. kickstarter.com/projects/there…

I'll be reading a new piece tonight as well as "Conception" from Tolka 2. Come join us!

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@itshannahflynn @romerogamesltd We thought it might be helpful to people on our team. Within weeks of its introduction, many had taken advantage of it. We also backdated it to the start of the company. My mom used to say, “find ways to make people happy.” It works. ❤️

@romerogamesltd Hello! Congrats! I'm always interested in what benefits other teams have and why; what inspired the clothing allowance idea? Lovely to have menopause leave!

We’re celebrating 10 incredible years at Romero Games, and we couldn’t be more thankful. A special thank you to @bittersweet_cakes_by_zoe for the beautiful cake, and to our amazing team and supporters. None of this would be possible without your belief in us. 🖤