Guardian Unlimited has a great, though perhaps slightly cynical breakdown of what elements have to come together to create a blockbuster in Hollywood today.
Luckily the computer games industry is so far not quite as soulless and ‘star’based as Hollywood–a tendency broken early on by John Romero and the ineptitude epic that was Ion Storm Dallas’ tumultuous life — though currently we are perhaps more hindered by our lackluster distribution model.
Oh well, can’t have your cake…
I think you mean John Romero. George Romero is the zombie movie guy, John Romero is the egomaniac former game designer from Ion Storm.
Duh, of course. I was too eager pushing that publish button :)