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Saturday, August 14, 2010

John Carmack could be the Jesus of gaming.

Alright look....I'm not the most techy guy, but I'd be lying if I wasn't in awe of the genius of John Carmack. If you follow him at all or know any of his history with games he's pretty much the end all be all tech guy. Just the other day at Quakecon he showed "Rage" running on an iPhone at 60fps....then acted like it wasn't a big deal. He also builds rockets....real manned rockets....just for fun.

I know I was one of the few really big Doom 3 fans in our group, but just watching the id team in some of the "making of" videos was really refreshing because all of these guys really love games and it shows. Plus, they never lost their independent size as a developer.

What prompted this post was this news that the most mind bendingly good looking game engine, id Tech 5, isn't going to be licensed to anyone, but other Bethesda developers. Unlike 80% of the games out today that are made with the Unreal 3 engine this game and developer will keep their distinct look for themselves. I love Epic, but seriously I can't tell you how many games I've played and actually said out loud: "You got Gears of War in my game!"

Fanboyism rant is done.
Posted by at 9:30 AM

2 comments:

  1. MazenAugust 14, 2010 at 10:56 AM

    If you haven't checked it out yet, read Masters of Doom. Its a great read about John Carmack and John Romero, and the evolution of id

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  2. JuniperRedAugust 15, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    I loved Doom 3 too! One of the rare games that really creeped me out, right up there with FEAR and the first Silent Hill. id is a great company and is credited with starting the FPS general as a whole with Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. I remember putting a lot of time into those games when I was in high school.

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