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John Carmack Retiring?

Posted by michael on from the porch-rocking-chair-and-lemonade dept.

Skab writes "CNN money is building a case for hypothesizing that John Carmack's next project may be the programmer's last."

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  1. Lord, we call this news?! by DeltaSigma · · Score: 5, Informative
    GameSpy: Are you going to retire after DOOM 3?
    John Carmack: No. I've got at least one more rendering engine to write. The development of rendering engines is driven by two major factors. One of these is, of course, the question, "When you finish a game, is it time to write a new engine?" The answer is based on what is happening in the hardware space...
    Aug. 16, 2003 - Source

    John Carmack is an accessible public figure. If you want to know, ask him. There's no need for speculation.