John Romero, co-creator of DOOM, has reflected on the events of the 1996 Columbine High School Massacre as game devs were blamed for deaths.
Released during the death throes of the Satanic Panic, id Software’s DOOM was quickly pinned by government officials and unhappy parents as a problematic, controversial video game that was a bad influence on children. In 1999, three years after release, the political platform exploded as the game was linked to the horrible Columbine High School Massacre. Now, 28 years after the world-changing event, DOOM co-creator John Romero has looked back at the blame shoved at the developer.
“Millions and millions of people play Doom – and nothing like this has happened”DOOM CO-CREATOR JOHN ROMERO Romero explained that the team knew “we were not the cause” and doubled down on their silence. Instead, the team simply continued development on their next project: Quake 3 Arena. At that time, Romero had already left id Software to focus on his own games, namely the ill-fated Daikatana. “It was a horrible, horrible situation,” Romero remembered.
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