Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later. John Carmack clevercompetentextremely Change image and share on social
When people heard id Software's being acquired, everybody just assumed it would be Activision or EA. Why would we even consider going with a publisher that wasn't of that same size? John Carmack acquireactivisionassume Change image and share on social
I don't think anyone is going to say great things about being a native developer on Android. John Carmack androiddevelopergreat Change image and share on social
Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul. John Carmack goodlevellow Change image and share on social
I've never been one of those programmers that works effectively on short amounts of sleep. I've always needed eight hours. John Carmack amounteffectivelyhave Change image and share on social
It is a shame that homebrew development can't be officially sanctioned and supported, because it would be a wonderful platform for a modern generation of programmers to be able to get a real feel for low level design work, to be contrasted with the high level web and application work that so many entry level people start with. John Carmack applicationcontrastdesign share on social
With ZeniMax, they have a lot to be proud of. 'Fallout 3' is one of the favorite games of so many of our people. But they had zero overlap with the things we do. We do the best shooters in the world. It's a perfect hand and glove fit. We started talking about this before they rolled out 'Fallout 3'. We watch them roll it out worldwide. John Carmack falloutfavoritefit share on social
At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior. John Carmack badbehaviorentertainment Change image and share on social