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Carmack on New id Game, Game Theory

Posted by michael on from the space-marine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN/Money interviewed id Software wizard John Carmack at the recently completed QuakeCon. Among the topics discussed is Nintendo's recent announcement that today's games are too complicated and hard for players. Carmack, surprisingly, agrees, saying 'I agree strongly with that point of view, but I'm in the minority in the PC space. I want a game you can sit down with, pick up and play. [Role playing games], for example, got to where they had to have a book ship with the game.'"

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  1. Well, that's not terribly surprising by Gay+Nigger · · Score: 0, Troll

    Carmack's games aren't exactly known for their intricate plots or gameplay.

  2. Carmack doesn't know jack about game design by alehmann · · Score: 1, Troll

    While I respect his coding skills greatly, Carmack's games are frightfully dull and unimaginative. They are always the same - run around and shoot everything in sight. Depth is what makes games worth playing.

    My favorite game is nethack.