John Romero becomes consultant for casual game developer LOLapps
by Andrew Yoon 
on Sep 8th 2010 1:00AM
John Romero may forever be known as the man behind
Doom and
Daikatana to hardcore gamers, but he's since diversified his resume quite a bit. While he
remains the head of MMO developer Slipgate, Romero is now acting as a consultant for casual game developer LOLapps. The company boasts over 100 million users of its various Facebook apps, such as
Gift Creator and
Quiz Creator; its most recent title is
Critter Island (pictured above), "a game where you can decorate an island for tourists and invite friends to come visit."
Romero recently joined the team to work on an unnamed Facebook game, one that will likely follow the company's mantra to "[marry] web and game technology to the kind of mini virtual worlds that are popular on Facebook." We're not exactly sure what that means, but it should sound
thrilling to venture capitalists.
"This is where the excitement is now," Romero told
VentureBeat, marking the next step in the developer's rather unique career.
