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Contents 1 Rhaluka 2 Breakup? 3 Midway or Monkeystone? 4 MIDWAY! 5 External links 6 Race

[edit] Rhaluka

It seams all mention of John's wife, Rhaluka, has been removed. Why is this? Are they still together? John's site makes no apparent message of a split between the two, so why has the information been removed? Possibly by John himself? TheFearedMachina 17:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I see the information on his marriage to Raluca Alexandra Pleşca. Is this what you're referring to? It's still there. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:00, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Rhaluka's blog (http://www.rhaluka.com/) indicates they are still together. Outside of her blog, she is a private citizen - she doesn't seem to do any of the things that Case did to turn herself into a public figure. Therefore she and her marriage to Romero deserve some privacy.

[edit] Breakup?

Anyone know why he broke up with Stevie Case? It'd be interesting for both articles. —Frecklefoot 15:41, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

We never disclosed the reason nor will we. It was just between us. — Romero 06:10, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

• At least you kept some parts of your life private. After the debacle that was Ion Storm Dallas, at least you learned the virtue of being just a tad conservative with letting people in on your private life. Shadowrun 06:58, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Midway or Monkeystone?

The article says he is working for Midway, but the Monkeystone website (http://www.monkeystone.com/about.php) still lists him as "Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer." Which is it? Or is he doing the game for Midway via Monkeystone? Either way, it should be clarified in the article.

Also, he doesn't look like the picture in the article anymore. He shaves his head completely bald now. It'd be fine to keep, but should have a "circa" or some other type of descriptive text. —Frecklefoot 15:41, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Romero explained on his forums that Lucas Davis would be in charge of the Monkeystone offices now and used "we" as if he still maintains his ties. --Mrwojo 19:50, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

[edit] MIDWAY!

Hey guys - I've been working at Midway Games in San Diego since October 2003. The Monkeystone web page is very out of date and Monkeystone isn't even in operation anymore - we shut it down 2 months ago. I'm working on Gauntlet for PS2,XBOX and PC right now. Search the web and you'll see. --Romero

I'll post a message on the talk page of Monkeystone Games to this comment, but I doubt very many people watch that article. So it may be a while until someone gets around to updating it. I might get around to it sometime, but time is sparse.

BTW, I added your sig to the post above, but you should do it whenever you post a comment. You can do this with 3 or 4 tildes (~~~ or ~~~~). The latter is generally preferred, since it also leaves a timestamp. :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:32, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Whoa. That's all I have to say. This article has wayyy too links to Romero interviews. We have to start weeding them out - not removing them entirely, but using them as references to cite some of the statements in the article. I've already started trying to do that, but I would like some more help on this project. Hbdragon88 09:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

If you look at the edit history, Romero added them himself, in one big swoop. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm not saying that it's bad - it's fantastic that Romero added them! We can certainly use 'em to cite some of the facts and his history. Hbdragon88 18:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Race

He doesn't seem caucasian. Anyone knows if he has either hawaian or native american heritage? Kinda looks like Keanu Reeves or johnny depp (both have hawaiian or cherokee blood in them) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.138.1.71 (talk • contribs).

I can't see that it matters, but he visits this article often and adds and corrects content. He may answer... — Frecklefoot | Talk 17:32, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm 1/4 Spanish (Basque), 1/4 Mexican, 1/8 Cherokee, 3/8 American mix — Romero 06:12, 5 October 2006 (UTC)