John Carmack Quotes - Page 2

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• The situation is so much better for programmers today - a cheap used PC, a linux CD, and an internet account, and you have all the tools necessary to work your way to any level of programming skill you want to shoot for.

  John Carmack

  Cds, Skills, Tools

  "Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture". Book by David Kushner, May 6, 2003.

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• I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.

  John Carmack

  Islands, Games, Search Engine

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• Honestly, I spend very little time thinking about past events, and I certainly don't have them ranked in any way. I look back and think that I have done a lot of good work over the years, but I am much more excited about what the future holds.

  John Carmack

  Inspirational, Past, Thinking

  Interview with Kikizo, archive.videogamesdaily.com. January 3, 2006.

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• Programming in the abstract sense is what I really enjoy. I enjoy lots of different areas of it... I'm taking a great deal of enjoyment writing device drivers for Linux. I could also be having a good time writing a database manager or something because there are always interesting problems.

  John Carmack

  Writing, Interesting, Linux

  Firing Squad Interview with Bob Colayco, February 9, 2000.

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• The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.

  John Carmack

  Hands, Years, Wind

  "Knee Deep in John Carmack". Interview with Billy "Wicked" Wilson, November 11, 2000.

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• I really think, if anything, there is more evidence to show that the violent games reduce aggression and violence. There have actually been some studies about that, that it's cathartic. If you go to QuakeCon and you walk by and you see the people there [and compare that to] a random cross section of a college campus, you're probably going to find a more peaceful crowd of people at the gaming convention. I think it’s at worst neutral and potentially positive.

  John Carmack

  College, Thinking, Games

  "Violent Games Reduce Aggression, Says Id Boss". IndustryGamers Interview, www.digitalspy.com. July 31, 2011.

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• It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.

  John Carmack

  Nice, Games, Copies

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• We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games. That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it otherwise; both console versions will have larger audiences than the PC version.

  John Carmack

  Games, People, Platforms

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• 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

  Winning, Games, Subjectivity

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• It is difficult to make good scalable use of a CPU like you can of a graphics card. You certainly don't want 'better or worse' physics or AI in your game

  John Carmack

  Games, Use, Want

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• I wanted to remain a technical adviser for Id, but it just didn't work out. Probably for the best, as the divided focus was challenging.

  John Carmack

  Work Out, Focus, Challenges

  Twitter post from Nov 22, 2013

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• Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now.

  John Carmack

  Powerful, Hype, Marketing

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• It's a good thing Doom 3 is selling very well.

  John Carmack

  Selling, Good Things, Doom

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• The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

  John Carmack

  Xbox, Games, Tools

  "Microsoft Unveils Games For Its New Xbox 360" by Seth Schiesel, query.nytimes.com. October 6, 2005.

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