Carmack Expounds on Doom III 351
Rainier Wolfecastle writes: "Non-high-end-comp-owning geeks rejoice! GameSpot is reporting that John Carmack has confirmed that Doom III is Xbox-bound. Carmack said that id is totally commited to bringing the game to Microsoft's console with its visual splendor intact. Best of all, the game could be available on the Xbox as soon as May next year." And Warrior-GS writes: "John Carmack gave a two-hour presentation about Doom 3 and engine technology. GameSpy reports on the presentations and analyzes Carmack's comments and how they apply to the future of gaming. There is also a look at the demo of Doom III"
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After seeing screenshots and reading that article. (Score:2, Funny)
Anyone got a cigarette?
Re:API? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Non-high-end-comp-owning geeks rejoice!"? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:uh, no (Score:4, Funny)
Well, there is a "Death to Bill Gates" t-shirt on underneath...
Re:Stop before writing that post!!! (Score:5, Funny)
"You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
Jon Carmack: dooming society? (Score:1, Funny)
classic PC games as Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke nukem 3d, Quake 1, 2, and
3, unreal, and the upcoming doom3. Jon has single handedly created the
genre known as the first-person-shooter. He has also popularized the
Direct3d 3d format over Microsoft's competing Opengl format, as well
as caused public interest in 3d cards when he first released
accelerated quake for the s3 virge chipset. Jon carmack has redefined
gaming on PC's.
Now stop for a moment and think? What would have happened if Albert
Einstein had worked creating amazing pinball games instead of creating
the theory of relativity? Humanity would suffer! Jon carmack is
unfortunately doing JUST THIS, using his gifts at computer coding to
create games instead of furthering the knowledge of humanity. Carmack
could have been working for NASA or the US military, but instead he
simply sits around coding violent computer games.
Is this a waste of a special and rare talent? Sadly, the answer is
yes.
Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. Not only is Jon carmack not
contributing to society, he is causing it's downfall. What was the
main reason for the mass murder of dozens of people in columbine?
Doom. It's always the same story? Troubled youth plays doom or quake,
he arms himself to the teeth, he kills his classmates. This has
happened hundreds of times in the US alone. Carmack is not only
wasting his talents and intelligence; he is single-handedly causing
the deaths of many young men and women. How does he sleep at night?
Carmack is a classic example of a very talented and intelligent human
being that is bent on total world destruction. Incredibly, he has made
millions of dollars getting people hooked on psychotic games where
they compete on the internet to see who can dismember the most people.
I believe there is something morally wrong when millions of people
have computerized murder fantasies, and we have Jon Carmack to thank.
Carmack has used his superior intellect to create mayhem in society.
Many people play games such as quake so much that their minds are
permanently warped. A cousin of mine has been in therapy for 6 months
after he lost a ?death match' and became catatonic.
It is unfortunate that most people do not realize how much this man
has damaged all the things we have worked hard for in America. Jon has
wasted his intelligence, caused the deaths of innocent children, and
warped this country forever. To top it off, he got rich in the process
and is revered by millions of computer users worldwide. Perhaps one
day the US government will see the light and confine Jon Carmack
somewhere with no computers so he can no longer use his intelligence
to wreak havoc on society.
Sincerely,
Stanley Feinbaum