Adam Orth chats with Brenda and John Romero of Romero Games. Together they discuss their lives together in and outside of games; the challenges of working on early hardware and tool development; designing some of the most popular and influential action games of all time; using games to challenge viewpoints on difficult subject matters; and what we can do better in education to prepare the next generation of game developers.

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