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CNN Money interviews John Carmack
CNN Money, from the editors of CNN and MONEY magazine has conducted an short-scrambled interview with John Carmack, who is from ID Software and he is one of the most influential developers in the gaming industry today.
In this interview they discuss mostly about his personal life, Doom III and more.
Here's a piece :
"To simplify a game, you have to not listen to your customers," he said. "They know your product and really know what they want to add to it. ... It's always easy to convince someone that adding something is a good idea. Saying 'less is more' just doesn't go over well."
Lest hardcore gamers fear Carmack is going soft, he notes his fights to simplify "Doom 3" haven't always been successful. He admits the id Software developers got into bitter arguments about whether to include "crouch" and "use" keys in the upcoming game. (He lost the debate over "crouch"
By Ariffin 'jHOHNHN' Hab
Aug 23, 2003 15:01
CNN Money, from the editors of CNN and MONEY magazine has conducted an short-scrambled interview with John Carmack, who is from ID Software and he is one of the most influential developers in the gaming industry today.
In this interview they discuss mostly about his personal life, Doom III and more.
Here's a piece :
"To simplify a game, you have to not listen to your customers," he said. "They know your product and really know what they want to add to it. ... It's always easy to convince someone that adding something is a good idea. Saying 'less is more' just doesn't go over well."
Lest hardcore gamers fear Carmack is going soft, he notes his fights to simplify "Doom 3" haven't always been successful. He admits the id Software developers got into bitter arguments about whether to include "crouch" and "use" keys in the upcoming game. (He lost the debate over "crouch"
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kool aerospace project he's got going ;o~