John Romero or Gabe Newell?

[Admen]

Which one do you like more?
honestly i really like both of them. both are legends in their own way. romero created wolfenstein 3d, doom, quake etc. while gaben created steam and half life, left 4 dead etc. he had a very big success with valve. if i have to pick one, im gonna choose gabe newell.

[Gez]

Romero wins on glamour, that's certain. But Gaben wins on acumen. I mean, Gaben is the one that understood that the proper way to avoid software piracy was to make things better for the legit buyers, not worse. You'd think that should be an obvious thing, but people are still in 2024 releasing games that are crippled by invasive DRM, so apparently a lot of developers still think they need to make sure that cracked copies from warez sites are what offers the superior experience to the player.

[Apeirogon]

Thats easy....Todd Howard.

[Enjay]

They are both people who are utterly remote from me, who I will likely never meet and all I know about them is what I read and their products. So, I have no real opinion on either.
My impression is that Romero would be more fun and more interesting to hang with.
As a bonus, Romero was not involved in the development of Steam.
So, I guess, of this somewhat contrived "choice" I'd go for Romero.

[TheDeeGee]

Ron Llewen