The linked article says Fabien loves it.

Yep! I saw that he mentioned it and was trying to get some more perspectives. Who am I kidding? I should just buy it. :-)

I always recommend "the Masters of Doom". Probably mostly accurate. Perhaps a bit exaggerated at times. But definitely a great story, and well written.

Yeah I read that and enjoyed it thoroughly. I know Jordan Mechner's journals making Prince of Persia and Karateka are supposed to be great too if people are into this type of thing, I haven't read them though:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WUE6Q2

Thanks for this recommendation!

I’ve read Masters of Doom, The Making of Prince of Persia and I also recommend ‘Once Upon Atari’

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Atari-history-industry/dp/0...

I've read it. It's a good read, I was a bit worried that there would be a ton of score settling but Romero is apparently a relentlessly positive guy. It's a bit redundant if you have read Masters of Doom unless you are interested in his (pretty damn miserable) childhood or what he's been up to after Ion Storm crashed and burned.

> Romero is apparently a relentlessly positive guy.

I found amusing how David Kushner in Masters of Doom describes him as "the human exclamation mark" :-P

Surprisingly good read. Not because I thought John is going to wash dirty laundry, but you know, they went through some emotional things. His story is truly inspiring though. Very engrossing.