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id Software Interview Continued

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 11, 2007 6:25am PST

As they had promised, Game Informer has posted the second part of their id Software interview with John Carmack And Todd Hollenshead by amending...

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"Great read. With topics including dx10 vs. dx9, vista vs. xp, steam, quakecon, next-gen id ..."

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id Software Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Jan 10, 2007 7:21am PST

Over at the Game Informer website you can find an interview with John Carmack And Todd Hollenshead of id Software. The two are asked about their...

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"lol, but if a crazy multiplayer mod came out that would rock, no?"

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Carmack, id Honored with Emmys

By Chris Remo, Jan 10, 2007 7:04am PST

id Software became what it claims is the first independent game developer to win an Emmy, when the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences...

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"yeah i agree.. i remember the first time i saw quake in a store, a guy was demoing it and i saw ..."

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QuakeCon 2006 Coverage

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 07, 2006 5:25am PDT

The official QuakeCon website has been updated with tournament results. Techfear takes a look at the event's exhibitors and sponsors. Gamernode has...

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John Carmack Keynote Highlights

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 05, 2006 10:41am PDT

id Software's John Carmack gave his annual keynote address at QuakeCon yesterday and PlanetQuake4.net and GameSpy have writeups. Among other...

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"I loved D3 too, and was pretty shocked when I booted teh internet and found I was mostly alone. ..."

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id's Next IP to Come From Phones?

By Chris Remo, May 18, 2006 11:41am PDT

id's John Carmack is a man of many interests, most of which involve a lot of numbers. You may recall his adventure into cell phone game...

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"I was wondering if there was a walkthrough anywhere for orcs and elves. unfortunately i'm stuck ..."

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MegaTexture Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, May 01, 2006 11:44am PDT

Gamer Within has posted a Q&A with id Software programmer John Carmack, asking him extensively about his MegaTexture technology which is used in...

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"he talked about virtual texturing there, and that he wants to see the graphics chip companies ..."

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New Walk of Game Inductees

By Chris Remo, Nov 15, 2005 1:30pm PST

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences recently inducted Richard Garriott into its ranks, and now Sony's slightly less weighty Walk of Game...

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"Hmm a nerd would be a better idea than the drunk frat boy we have now "

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Richard Garriott Joins Gaming Hall of Fame

By Chris Remo, Nov 10, 2005 2:30pm PST

Richard Garriott, of course renowned for his pioneering Ultima series, will be the next inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences'...

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"i would find some way to get to austin for a Lort Brittish shackmeet."

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Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Oct 18, 2005 8:00pm PDT

No Shadow of the Colossus for me today. Curses! The guy from EB says tomorrow... Carmack Heart Xbox 360 [xbox] Elaborating on past comments...

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"He doesn't make shit movies , unlike a great many others.You know that Halo at the worst case ..."

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Selling Gamers on the Cell

By Chris Remo, Aug 18, 2005 1:20pm PDT

1UP has a interview with IBM's Dr. Phil Hofstee discussing the pros and cons of Cell processor, developed by Sony, IBM, and Toshiba and featured...

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"Kutaragi's evil twin. The BS-factor is strong with that one. "

- hippolove see all 109 comments

Carmack Keynote Info

By Steve Gibson, Aug 15, 2005 11:30am PDT

While we were off goofing around with Shackers Scott Wasson over at TR was taking crazy notes at the John Carmack keynote. He's got a pretty good...

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"Yeah, I didn't get that from the article at TechReport: Physics acceleration's prospects ..."

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Quake III Source GPL'ed Within a Week

By Chris Remo, Aug 12, 2005 3:01pm PDT

In his QuakeCon 2005 keynote, John Carmack revealed that after some delays id is finally ready to release the complete Quake III source code for...

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"This is actually the opposite of the truth. When anyone can take anyone else's innovations, it ..."

- braindeadalien see all 272 comments

First Post!

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 12, 2005 7:53am PDT

QuakeCon continues, and today we'll be partying. Ten years..that's a pretty long time! For other QuakeCon people there will be the DOOM movie panel...

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"Important Note! After setting everything up, double-check your encoder settings; several people ..."

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QuakeCon News

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 05, 2005 6:16am PDT

There's an article format interview with id Software's Marty Stratton, as he talks about QuakeCon 2005 which takes place in Texas next week. In...

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"there will not be any footage of id's upcoming next game shown during Carmack's speech Booooooo"

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