Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Why do gamers worship John Carmack? (06 Aug 2004) The rise of game auteurs might not be a force for good, though. As Hollywood has shown us, a sure-fire way to get wretched art is to tell a director he has the Midas touch. If John Carmack is the Martin Scorsese of video games, then John Romero is the Michael Cimino. Back in the 90s, Romero-co-creator of the original Doom-decided he was the true brains of the operation, bragging to fans that he was "a god." (His words, actually.) After taking his millions and setting off on his own, Romero took five interminable years to produce the virtually unplayable Daikatana. Artist, auteur, God-call yourself whatever you want. Just make sure the game doesn't suck. Article URL: http://slate.msn.com/id/2104869/ Read 29 more articles from Slate sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Adaptive Menu Design     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy