Overview

• On Nightdive Studios’ Deep Dive podcast, Romero said Paul Neurath invited him in 1989 to co-found Blue Sky Productions.
• Romero revealed he had already committed the week before to founding Inside Out Software with his Origin Systems manager.
• After leaving Inside Out, Romero joined Softdisk in Shreveport, where he and the future id Software co-founders worked together.
• Blue Sky Productions later became Looking Glass Studios, which pioneered immersive sims with franchise titles like System Shock and Thief.
• Romero’s choice set him on the path to help create Commander Keen, Wolfenstein and Doom, cementing id Software’s role in defining the FPS genre.