John Romero - Personal Life

Personal Life

Romero met his first wife, Kelly Mitchell, in 1987 while he worked at the register of a Burger King restaurant in Rocklin, California, and they had two children (Michael Alfonso and Steven Patrick Romero). He met his second wife, Elizabeth Ann McCall, in 1990 while she worked at Softdisk in Shreveport, Louisiana, and they had a daughter (Lillia Antoinette Romero). Romero was then involved with Stevie Case, a gamer who achieved early notoriety for beating him in a Quake deathmatch, from 1998 until their breakup in May 2003. In January 2004, Romero married Raluca Alexandra Pleşca in her hometown of Bucharest, Romania. The two later separated in early 2010. Romero is currently married to developer Brenda Brathwaite. They also founded social game development company Loot Drop in November 2010.

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