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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. Oh dear, not again... by NetDrain · · Score: 0, Troll

    a common code that can run on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems

    Last time they did this we got Java. And look what it has done for our web browsing experience! Oh wait, you don't like lag?

    ultimate case mod

    1. Re:Oh dear, not again... by coltrane99 · · Score: 0, Troll
      Hm, last time I checked most of my web lag is from ad servers and aggressive Flash animations, not java applets.

      Why do posts that say nothing except "java is slow" still get modded up? They should be (-1, Troll).

  2. lord by karmalien · · Score: -1, Troll

    JOhn carmack is the true lord of the games.. i mean there would be no gaming industry if it weren't for his genius..his graphics engine are amazing (though rather utilitarean...in a good way ) given some of the games accompanied with them sucked ie quake II they were always the stepping stone for some theing better (halflife) he is a god amoung men and is the main contributing reason as to why i no longer have a social life.. long live john carmack

  3. Re:John Carmack, age 32, found dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ^funny

  4. Re:The Pats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I, for one, am proud of them. However, you're totally wasting your time posting such information here among a group of people who go years between expeditions off the couch. Seriously, how many nerds -- especially Linux style pocket protector-wearing, truly loserish nerds -- who aren't at least fifty pounds overweight?

    There's a reason why they defend and revere stupid video games; the endless stream of "revolutionary" shoot-em-up games, all exactly the same, is the closest these dorks come to physical exertion.

  5. Re:required to work long and hard.. by talonyx · · Score: 0, Troll

    You don't know even half of the story, and you're only so quick to lambaste the guy because of Daikatana's failure.

    John Romero left because of differences of opinion while developing Quake.

    How about you shut the fuck up instead of posting, and show me the games you've developed. Then we'll talk.

  6. Re:Yeah ... ok Bill .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I thought anything he says mentioning 'Microsoft' and 'innovation' in the same sentence was pretty damn funny,

  7. Re:This is why I don't trust news sources... by MisterBlister · · Score: 0, Troll
    It's not his own graphics technology, it's OpenGL, which is used by many programmers around the globe. And he doesn't do it because he wants to have portable code. That's a part of it, sure, but he uses OpenGL mainly because it's easier to code, which means less development time and less debugging time. Also, it allows for greater flexibility. Not to mention, with Direct3D, can we say, "namespace pollution"? I thought so.

    Bullshit. Moron. That is all.

  8. Question by Cheshire+Cat · · Score: 0, Troll

    John: I'm currently working my way through Ivor Horton's Beginning C to learn the language. However, I learn much better when I have someone to teach me. Would you teach me C?

    :)

    --

    Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.