John Carmack Interview [Aug 22, 2003, 12:54 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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and rocket science on CNN Money is an interview with id Software's John
Carmack conducted during the QuakeCon extravaganza. One of the primary thrusts
of the conversation is whether games have become too complicated, noting that
he's fought the designers on DOOM 3 on a couple of issues, unsuccessfully
arguing against including a crouch function and successfully convincing them
that a "use" key is unnecessary. Here's a bit more covering the recent
revelation that id's next game will not be another sequel (but will be a shooter)
and his oft-rumored plans to retire soon:
We're not doing another sequel next," said Carmack. "We will do a new title. It will be a shooter, with a different antagonist and protagonist. ... People who have been working in the company for a long time don't want to continually rehash their old work."
With the new game will come a new engine, meaning Carmack's oft-rumored retirement will remain a rumor for the next few years.
"In the coming years, I have things I want to do," he said. "The next generation of hardware and the next engine is very exciting. There's little doubt I'll be doing that."
oops missed a q out on that closing tag....
should read:
Actually in programming it's refered to as 'elegent', not lazy :-P But regardless, John Carmack is a great programmer - a large part of his life is dedicated to coding. When it comes to his code, he could NEVER be called lazy.
I think thats enough ranting/rambling for one day, but I'll leave you with this: If John Carmack DID decide to remove the move keys, he'd replace them with something far superior. And you'd all love it and wonder how you coped with anything different before....
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should read:
dont take stuff out just because you're to lasy to code/implement it.
Actually in programming it's refered to as 'elegent', not lazy :-P But regardless, John Carmack is a great programmer - a large part of his life is dedicated to coding. When it comes to his code, he could NEVER be called lazy.
I think thats enough ranting/rambling for one day, but I'll leave you with this: If John Carmack DID decide to remove the move keys, he'd replace them with something far superior. And you'd all love it and wonder how you coped with anything different before....
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