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Quake2 Source Code!

By Steve Gibson, Dec 21, 2001 5:05pm PST

As a Christmas present (or whatever you wanna call it if you dont celebrate Christmas) John Carmack has decided to release the Quake2 source code...

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" you're shitting me right? Alot of things have been done with the Q1 source. There was a title ..."

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The Carmack Speaks

By Maarten Goldstein, Nov 17, 2001 7:27am PST

It's been quite a while, but John Carmack updated his .plan file with his opinion on driver optimizations for Quake3 (like ATI did). As usual,...

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" Dude, we're talking about the Carmack here, not a man known for letting other people take the ..."

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Chaser Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Oct 23, 2001 8:50am PDT

Jolt.co.uk has conducted an interview with David Durcak and Marian Suran of Cauldron. These guys are currently working on the FPS Chaser, which...

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"i hope this engine replaces lithtech as the cheap alternative to id's engines."

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Carmack Video Interview

By Steve Gibson, Aug 13, 2001 5:08pm PDT

GameSpot has posted a 4part video interview with John Carmack of id Software. Chances are he talks about DOOOOOM so it's certainly worth checking...

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" Carmack trademark tick is 'AYM', not 'hmm'... god damn newbie."

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QUAKE4 Announced

By Steve Gibson, Aug 10, 2001 5:00pm PDT

Havent been able to dig it up on the bizwire and strangely didnt get anything from Activision, but AMDZone has gotten a hold of the official PR for...

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"As long as they can stretch things apart a bit when they release them, this'll be good. I don't ..."

- el-kaboom see all 212 comments

Carmack & Doom

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 10, 2001 2:40pm PDT

As expected, id showed some more footage of the new Doom game as an introduction of John Carmack's talk. It was a mix of new and MacWorld footage,...

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" I don't care how much you dislike Trent Reznor - he is perfect for the game. His music has ..."

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Wassup?

By Sander Pilon, Aug 10, 2001 5:23am PDT

Good morning Shackland! Today, as we're all aware, will be the day id Software will make an appearance on Quakecon. According to the schedule, a...

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" - Random comment: jboogedy: #130, - Random comment: rosewood: Nolf Nolf Nolf Nolf Nolf ..."

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Duke4 & MacWorld & id

By Steve Gibson, Jul 17, 2001 8:50am PDT

MacWorld NYC is underway tomorrow and some of the PR is coming out a little early. the guys at IMG have gotten a hold of a PR announcing that...

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" stupid me, heheh. I thought that was true when I first read it, I must be sleepy and it is ..."

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Quake4 & Salt

By Steve Gibson, Jul 10, 2001 11:34am PDT

Here's your rumor of the day... The upcoming announcement of "new id games" at QuakeCon has everyone fruiting out over what the heck it...

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" yeah, but a 1.4Ghz Althon + Geforce 3 should probably be able to do a fairly sensible emulation ..."

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Carmack on Quake

By Maarten Goldstein, Jun 25, 2001 6:55am PDT

John Carmack made a post on Slashdot in reply to Five years of Quake. He says some people have been giving id too much credit when it comes to...

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" coding anything requires a great deal of creativity. It doesn't matter what KIND of creativity ..."

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Doom on SMP systems

By Sander Pilon, May 18, 2001 5:53pm PDT

I'm not up to speed on Doom2K news, so this could be old - but Haakon Ringberg fired off an email to John Carmack, asking about SMP and IA64. Q:...

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"yet another reason why Carmack owns PROUD TO BE A CARMACK FANBOY!"

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DOOM & Competition Gaming

By Steve Gibson, May 09, 2001 6:30am PDT

With the recent word of the new "pro" maps being developed by Fred Nilsson over at id Software to be included into the next Quake3...

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"Me paying $35 for Doom3 and another $35 for multiplayer!?! HECK NO! I'm not paying $70+ w/ tax ..."

- Cheesedog_3:16 see all 329 comments

id & Gaming Industry

By Steve Gibson, May 07, 2001 7:17pm PDT

Something that popped up over on RedHerring is an interesting quick profile of id Software who is believed by Red Herring to be among the top 100...

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"I find it hard to believe people who say noone is making money in this business. First off, we ..."

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Happy Birthday, Wolfenstein 3D

By Maarten Goldstein, May 05, 2001 7:03am PDT

Can you believe it's been 9 years since the release of Wolfenstein 3D? This id Software game changed gaming, that's for sure. Also the engine, one...

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"My mom used to play Wolf3d for hours...she never really got into DOOM (this was when I was in ..."

- Vorlonesque see all 113 comments

Carmack Interview

By Maarten Goldstein, Apr 26, 2001 7:14am PDT

Gamespy managed to score a new interview with id's John Carmack. They talk with The Carmack about his recent Hall of Fame induction, what he feels...

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" Hey George C. Scott never accepted the Oscar and he was damn good in that movie!"

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