Romero remains head of Slipgate following layoffs
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Oct 21st 2009 at 12:00PM } 
Co-founded by Romero in 2005, Slipgate once boasted a staff of about 80 veteran developers -- now reportedly reduced to around 30 -- that had combined to work on 16 MMO titles for other studios. Their seventeenth and first MMO for Slipgate, however, remains an elusive undertaking.
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Firgus @ Oct 21st 2009 12:03PM
Vaporware much?
Noah @ Oct 21st 2009 12:34PM
Omg, Doom spoiler alert.
Shagittarius @ Oct 21st 2009 12:34PM
If Romero taught me anything its that building a base on Mars requires a lot of conduit.
Ryan @ Oct 21st 2009 12:36PM
And requires no space-johns.
Neuromancer @ Oct 21st 2009 12:38PM
Also, you need either a red, a blue, or a yellow keycard to get anywhere.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Oct 21st 2009 1:56PM
and that in space war commander keen and our innocence is the first casualty...
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Oct 21st 2009 1:08PM
Over rated
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Over rated
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Over rated
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Over rated
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Mr Clickerson @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:50AM
The clap is not overrated... It very much is a serious sexually transmitted disease.
Mr Khan @ Oct 21st 2009 1:18PM
So he's made Gazillion Entertainment his bitch?
captainprotonx @ Oct 21st 2009 1:27PM
Karma is a bitch.
guttertalk @ Oct 21st 2009 1:37PM
Romero is so mocked that I'm actually pulling for the guy.
He deserves the mocking, but I think the gaming world is a more interesting place with him in it. It's like TMZ without Brittany.
But, please, no Romero crotch shots.
Sean Broderick @ Oct 21st 2009 1:57PM
I have a hunch that this company has a single problem. Remove the problem and this company could be like Blizzard's sexy cousin that has a thing for hot pants.
The problem's name is Romero.
The dude needs to be unemployed. His biography is like a litany of failures.
BlackDove @ Oct 21st 2009 3:23PM
If you want your project to be stuck forever, hire Romero.
jynxycat @ Oct 21st 2009 6:15PM
/noclip through the last boss of Doom 2, and that's the image, shown above, that you see :P
Reaper man @ Oct 22nd 2009 11:49AM
Romero just needs to return to id... seriously. He's been failing ever since he left.
zenaxe @ Oct 22nd 2009 12:34PM
Romero isn't "slipping". Because "slipping" would imply that he, at one point, had something to offer. Romero is one of those few people who get to experience "lucky best friend" syndrome.
This is also known as "Andrew Ridgley's disease". "Wait!" I hear you say, "I don't know who Andrew Ridgely is!". Of course you don't, that's the point. And for your information he was the little dark haired guy bouncing around with George Michael in George's "Wham!" era videos.
To fully understand this condition you have to do a thought experiment. Try to imagine where these once mega-selling platinum pop superstars would be if they had never met up: Done? Yep, you guessed it: George would be a mega-platinum selling pop-superstar and Andrew would be a mechanic who also plays the guitar on his days off. George's talent was destined to make him a superstar. Andrew just had to be competent enough to not ruin the whole thing for everyone else.
Now, replace "George Michael" with "John Carmack", "Wham" with "Id", and "Andrew Ridgeley" with "John Romero".
Romero's famous among gamers because he was lucky enough to be at id when John created the technology behind the FPS. He also has a loud mouth which the gaming press loves, since there are precious few colorful characters, see Cliffy B for another loud mouth gets the love, scenario. At least CliffyB is actually highly talented. :)
Whee. That was some rant! Let's blow off some steam...Daikatana, anyone?
Reaper man @ Oct 22nd 2009 12:37PM
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Man, I sure as fuck got told. o.o