The CPL has announced that John Romero, Creative Director of Midway Home Entertainment
and co-creator of the legendary games Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, Heretic,
Hexen, and Quake will be traveling to Dallas next month to attend the Cyberathlete
Extreme Summer Championships 2005.
Romero, was one of the CPL's earliest supporters, acting as an interim-commissioner
for the league in 1997; and has been Chairman of its Advisory Board since 1998.
John Romero (and his former partner John Carmack) were the subject of the book
"Masters of Doom" by author David Kushner. A film adaptation of the book is
currently in the works by cable channel Showtime. CSI and Farscape executive
producer Naren Shankar, is developing the project.
John Romero is Creative Director of the Internal Studio at Midway Home Entertainment.
He was a co-Founder of Inside Out Software, Ideas From The Deep, id Software,
Ion Storm, and Monkeystone Games. From his early Apple IIe games to the legendary
Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, and Quake, Romero has made an
indelible mark on the computer gaming industry. He is considered by many to be
the father of deathmatch competitions. Romero has been Chairman of the CPL Advisory
Board since March 11, 1998.
The Cyberathlete Extreme Summer Championships 2005, primarily sponsored by Intel,
will take place July 6 to July 10 at the new Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine,
Texas. For more information visit http://www.thecpl.com/summer2005/
