Brian Hook has made claims that boot magazine went back on an agreement
with himself and John Carmack concerning the interview that appears in
boot, both online and in print.

Going against standard publishing policy, boot agreed to allow id to
check the raw copy to ensure accuracy only, no prior right of censorship
was offered. boot complied with this condition, giving id the edited
text for the print interview,  and id proved very helpful in catching a
handful of transcription errors.

The original interview was some 38,000 words. Space considerations only
allowed us to run a fraction of that discussion (around 5,000 words). We
decided to post some extracted excerpts that could not fit in the print
magazine. In the rush to get this online before the impending
Thanksgiving holiday, we did not pass this text by id (which was
admittedly a bad call). Brain Hook contacted us after the first
installment ran and asked to check the text. We promptly complied
(within minutes of the request) and forwarded the text to Hook, to
ensure accuracy. He returned his marks after 10pm the night before
Thanksgiving. The marks are minor-hardly sensationalizing--and
positively no comment was taken out of context.

A few of the edits offered by Hook seek to eliminate personal comments
made. This censorship was never a prior condition of the interview.

We want to implement any marks regarding the accuracy of the interview
(a total of five minor changes) and will do so as soon as possible.
Unfortunately our webmaster automated the postings of the installments
on a remote server while he was spending the holiday on the east coast,
and we are working to fix the online interview asap.

boot is deeply disappointed that Brian Hook has chosen to bring boot’s
credibility into question based on these minor points. We are huge fans
of id and all their products, going so far as to deem Quake the "best PC
game to date" in the print magazine intro. The interview can in no way
be construed as a hatchet job and merely provides a platform for these
influential players to express their views in the most unbiased manner
possible.

boot continues to be devoted to the honesty that has established its
reputation in the industry and stands behind the integrity of this
interview 100 percent. We only hope people will look at the five minor
corrections when they are posted before passing judgement.

Brad Dosland
Editor in chief
boot