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    John Keefer posted a new article, QuakeCon keynote tidbits: Doom 4 in 'Bethesda mode'.

    John Carmack spoke for almost three hours during his keynote at QuakeCon. Here's a quick run down of some of the highlights, including a brief tidbit on why there has been no info on Doom 4.
    Aug 03, 2012 7:15am PDT
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    John Keefer posted a new article, QuakeCon keynote tidbits: Doom 4 in 'Bethesda mode'.

    John Carmack spoke for almost three hours during his keynote at QuakeCon. Here's a quick run down of some of the highlights, including a brief tidbit on why there has been no info on Doom 4. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • \m/ Keefer : EricZBA
    • Very nice info John good stuff, looking forward to your VR article later on. Any chance you can gank a... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
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      Reading between the lines, it doesn't sound like Carmack is pleased with some of Bethesda's policies and ... : David Craddock
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        Carmack Leaves id Software, forms new independent development studio with John Romero : freakynipples69
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            sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss... : shirif
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              Purchased by EA : daggertx
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                nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo : Ride-My-RocketThis person is cool!
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                  exclusive doom 4 on origin! : the if
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                    Day 1 DLC - 20 new Monster Closets! : g3dHorse
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                      Carmack retires from game development, launches himself...TO THE MOON! : freakynipples69
                      • Discovers that dust from the Moon can somehow be digested, leading to much energy - returns back to Earth : humbleoneThis person is cool!
        • ...And calls it Eye-Dee Software : hanged_man
        • That would be terrible. : r_picmip 5This person is cool!
        • *throws up in mouth a little* : Firefly1985
        • 0h, gawd, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! : CrustaRThis person is cool!
        • They should call it: ego Software LLC. : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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          Both of them were at their best together, and neither has worked on a game I've enjoyed since. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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            Agreed. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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              vincent, crustar, how come you guys didnt like quake 3? : jujubeads
              • No SP campaign. Quake 1 was also the better DM game (partially because of Romero's input!). : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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            Weird, I thought Quake3 was pretty universally loved. : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
            • Nope. UT is best. : freakynipples69
        • O_O I would give them all of my moneys. : uebersoldat
        • All I gotta say is ...Q1DM3 : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
        • Will never happen. : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
        • Fuck no. : eskimo spyThis person is cool!
        • Would be so awesome : WhiskeyFist
      • He probably can't leave due to buyout contract stipulations, but yeah, it seems insane that you have a hu... : cptincognito
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      I'm no PR Professional, but whole 'Bethesda Mode' thing doesn't seem like very smart marketing. Muzzling ... : cptincognito
      • Carmack might be a little *too* all over the place. Obviously he's brilliant, but I don't think they want... : FlatlineDixay
      • Carmack is used to being independent for years. I guess he 's not used to go with all the pr from HQ. : yosan
      • It's better than how we were beaten over the head with Rage footage for soooo long and it ended up bad. : kingdeporkThis person is cool!
      • Maybe he should work @ Valve, though I doubt that he'd be willing to rellocate. : shirif
      • At least he didn't call it "3D Realms mode" : jimvolk
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      If Linux and Mac got some dev tools that made it easier to write cross-platform code, things could get re... : FlatlineDixay
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        The only thing holding back Linux and OSX gaming is graphics card drivers. As he said in the keynote, if ... : cptincognito
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          I can't listen to the keynote at work yet, but that's an interesting claim. You'd think that it wouldn't ... : FlatlineDixay
          • An id or Epic engine is always going to try to be bleeding edge, which is where the graphics drivers are ... : cptincognito
          • Nvidia have drivers that are fine as far as general use goes. They're obviously close source and the perf : ConanThis person is cool!
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        people would boot into linux to play a game? or they would switch over entirely to linux if some of their... : spiderfill
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          I would absolutely boot into Linux if there were no compatibility issues with gaming. That's basically th... : FlatlineDixay
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            im picturing my steam library and thinking oh i want to play game X but i need to boot into my other OS f... : spiderfill
            • Well, it's definitely trouble if you have to reboot for a single game, I agree with that. I also think th... : FlatlineDixay
        • if i had a good chunk of my games working in linux, i wouldn't have a reason to boot into windows : harold.johnson
        • I would use linux 100% of the time if I could play games on it. : TheNiXXeDThis person is cool!
        • I would like to make the full on jump to Linux. The problem for me is there is a whole host of other sof... : Peanut Fox
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      so is it i - d software, or id software, like ehd? : xxiv
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        id, like did Or like the concept of the id. : EbuThis person is cool!
        • gracias ebu : xxiv
      • pronounce the "i" like the word "irrelevant" : spiderfill
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      It'll be interesting to see what happens with his "VR" Goggles... : limpossibleThis person is cool!
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        Far as I can tell, he's not working on the hardware anymore. He stopped working on that when the Oculus R... : FlatlineDixay
        • Oh gotcha. I thought Carmack was the man behind Oculus Rift. That clears things up a bit. : limpossibleThis person is cool!
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      So... don't ask questions about Doom 4... not allowed to talk about next generation consoles... is there... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
      • The game is at least a year and a half away, which is close enough to the presumed launch of next gen tha... : cptincognito
    • I await what you have to say about demonstration with the Oculus goggles. : ant_hillbilly
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      Anyone have a link to the keynote? : humbleoneThis person is cool!
      • bump : humbleoneThis person is cool!
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-iVFxgFWk : humbleoneThis person is cool!
    • Would rather have "Build Engine" mode : asianwaste
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      God damn it, Bethesda, shutting down id's mobile efforts. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
      • mobile fpses are basically aids anyway : ariochThis person is cool!