John Romero on what makes a good modern FPS, why the blockchain isn't ready for games yet, and... cookbooks?

John Romero is a big name in the video game industry, and for good reason. Co-founder of Id Software and one of the minds responsible for primordial giants in the FPS genre like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Hexen. Today, he and the team at Romero Games call Galway their home, tinkering away at modern titles like Empire of Sin for the contempory audience. I was lucky enough to meet John Romero last week, not in hell, but in an equally hot Brighton during Develop 2022. There, we had a short chat about...