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Carmack: Lord of the Games

Posted by timothy on from the celebrity-status dept.

seer writes: "This article on Red Herring is a nice look at the interworkings of id software, most specifically their famous employee John Carmack. It delves deeply into the fact that id has stayed a very small company and dabbles with other topics such as Carmack's tendency to stay away from Microsoft 'standards' and the whole DooM ]I[ debacle. An interesting read."

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  1. GeForce3??? by BigBir3d · · Score: 1, Redundant

    " The new Doom likely will require a no less powerful chip than the soon-to-be-released Nvidia GeForce3."

    I am thoroughly confused...

  2. Re:Directions for Id by nomadic · · Score: 3, Redundant

    If money isn't the motivator, why does Id make the same, market-proven games again and again? I mean, I can respect the technical achievements of Quake III, but beyond the graphics it's not much different than Quake II, Quake, Doom II, or Doom. It would be nice to see Id actually take a chance on a game, rather than churn out the same thing year after year.

  3. oops (when is this from?) by startled · · Score: 1, Redundant

    By Dean Takahashi

    February 1, 2002

    ...
    The new Doom likely will require a no less powerful chip than the soon-to-be-released Nvidia GeForce3.

    I would argue that when it comes to tech matters, it often takes a nerd to write news for nerds. This guy's so far from any real understanding of the tech world that what he says, well, just doesn't matter.

  4. Re:Could they use actual technology names? by _|()|\| · · Score: 1, Redundant
    You expect him to explain DirectX and OpenGL when he can't even count? "The new Doom likely will require a no less powerful chip than the soon-to-be-released Nvidia GeForce3."

    I shouldn't rag on him too much, though, because I otherwise enjoyed the article.

  5. Re:Oh dear, not again... by Progoth · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can't believe nobody's posted this yet. The line about common code multi-platform etc etc was explaining why ID uses OpenGL instead of DirectX.