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>>750673442 >>750673586

>>750672948
>somehow we made the first side-scrolling game on PC
>massive success
>boss eventually hears we stole his computers to make loads of money on the side
>I knew it was coming, now we truly are fucked
>turns out boss is a crook
> sks us to keep doing what we're doing while giving him a cut
>rest of the company hears about this, they go on strike for favoritism or something
>boss is forced to fire our asses

>now I'm jobless and stuck with those retards
>tell them we might as well keep making videogames, it's easy money after all
>form a company, call it "Id" because I read Freud as a teen

>make 6 new chapters of my game, people love it, still selling like hotcakes
>meanwhile blonde nerd found a way to make 3D games, immediately develops a shitty tank simulator
>fuck, are we really adding violence to games for kids?

>tell the guys we should focus on making family friendly products, that's how we started after all
>"Fuck you Tom, we're going to make a game about nazis where you kills dogs and shit!"
>holy fuck, those retards want to put blood, animal cruelty and banned imagery in kiddie entertainment
>I swear at some point a couple of kids will shoot up a school and they're going to blame us for this shit
>Romero isn't happy with my insubordination, steals my job as a designer
>whatever

>let them make their robot-Hitler game with nazi anthem music
>once it's released, tell the team it's time to get back on track
>maybe we should make a sci-fi adventure or som-
>"SHUT YOUR BITCH ASS MOUTH TOM WE'RE MAKING A GORE SIMULATOR ABOUT DEMONS"
>Jesus Christ

>swastikas weren't enough, satanic panic just ended and they want a game with pentagrams and gory imagery
>alright, it's up to me to salvage this trainwreck

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>>750673586

>>750672948
>>750673228
>maybe I can come up with a setting to justify this travesty of a concept
>write a detailed document with plot, characters and everything
>special focus on narrative to give an actual purpose to the extreme amounts of violence they want in the game
>give them the document
>"Fuck you and your gay plot Tom, all we want is mindless carnage with deadly weapons, nobody likes you anyways"

>alright, that's enough
>tell everybody to eat my ass, I'm leaving
>guy that published the previous nazi game instantly offers me a job, apparently he started making games as well
>"your friends told us to make a sequel to Wolfenstein, please lead us master"
>fucking hell

>alright, at least I can work without those other retards for once
>spend more than a year leading a team and building my passion project, I can finally use my actual ideas now
>game is almost complete

>boss receives a call
>it's fucking Romero
>"Yeah we're happy and all with your work but we thought about it-"
>oh no
>"we realized we don't really want your game to steal our spotlight, with the imminent Doom release and all... consider Wolfenstein 2 cancelled"
>"Also we're self-publishing it because our new artist talked shit about you, so you guys won't take the usual cut"
>"Ps: tell Tom to suck my cock"

>fucking
>ROMERO

>dumbest guy I ever met literally found a way to fuck me over from another company
>alright, fuck him
>overhaul Wolfensten 2 with new textures and shit, call it "Rise of the Triad"
>help make Duke Nukem 2
>and Duke Nukem 3D
>work on the Prey engine

>get called on the phone one day
>"if it isn't Tom Hall, my good friend!"
>it's Mr Dickhead himself, Romero
>"listen I spontaneously decided to leave the company we founded... how about we make a new one? Think about it, it will be just like the old days!"
>is this asshole serious

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>>750672948
>>750673228
>>750673442
>Romero tells me his new revolutionary game idea
>it's the absolute worst pile of shit I've ever heard in my life
>"Come on, I won't be able to make it without your help!"
>good lord he's right
>I have to do everything in my power to help him make a miserable asshole of himself in front of the whole world
>quit my job, co-found new company with shithead
>make sure I can work on a different branch located as far away as possible from Romero

>meanwhile, start producing a cyberpunk game
>pretty cool, let's make another one
>ask new director if I can work as voice actor this time
>I take it he was agreeable

>meanwhile, Romero spends a fortune on a marketing campaign telling people he's going to make them his bitch
>the absolute fucktard
>finally releases his game
>it's an absolute travesty
>I fucking bet it will be remembered for years as the worst videogame ever made

>a month later, we release our new cyberpunk game
>considered the best PC game ever made for decades

>spend the rest of my life working on shitty mobile games

Tom Hall had a hard life.

I bet both Hall and Romero would have a laugh reading this

>>750672948
Ok lets be real here.
Who the fuck gives a shit about ID?
Like who?
They havent made anything worth a damn since Doom 2 and have been riding that fame ever since.

Whats he up to now

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>>750674495
wot

>>750674495
>Who the fuck gives a shit about ID?
Well it's been like 35 years years but we're still having dedicated threads whenever Romero hopes Sandy's doing well.

>>750675060
I just hope Romero releases Hellion for Christmas. Would be a perfect gift

>>750676171
Doubt it's happening