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John Carmack apologizes after Sandy Petersen says 'Quake ruined id Software,' and for once John Romero doesn't tell Sandy he's wrong
By Andy Chalk Published
news Three of the principals from the early days of id Software shared some faintly maudlin but ultimately uplifting reminiscences from those long-ago days.

An oldie but a goodie: John Carmack once told us Quake Arena 'was my favourite id Software game… always the one that I looked at as a pure game'
By Rich Stanton Published
News The game just "stands the test of time."

John Carmack celebrates Quake's induction in the Videogame Hall of Fame: 'We threw everything we had at it, and it was really a little bit more than we could chew at the time… it was rough'
By Rich Stanton Published
"The real legacy of Quake is in the metagame rather than the game itself."

Microsoft's 100% AI-generated Quake 2 made us nauseous but John Carmack, the game's OG coder, is into it: 'What? This is impressive research work!'
By Nick Evanson Published
News The research, folks, the research. Absolutely not the frame rate. I hope.

Elon Musk claims Tesla could build a silicon foundry and make its own chips, but says 'I sure hope we don’t have to'
By Nick Evanson Published
news Oh, just do it Elon. I'm sure you'd make more money from it than you have from Twitter.

John Romero and John Carmack are still buds and they're going to prove it by teaming up for a livestream celebrating Doom's 30th anniversary
By Andy Chalk Published
news And no, it's not weird: Romero says he and Carmack have remained friends throughout their post-Doom careers.

Sorry, Doom dreamers: John Carmack wishes John Romero 'the best' but they're not working on a secret new project together
By Andy Chalk Published
news Carmack said Romero's new autobiography reminds him of the glory days when they were "the 3D game hackers."

Doom co-creator John Carmack is headlining a 'toxic and proud' sci-fi convention that rails against 'woke propaganda'
By Andy Chalk Published
news Carmack heads the list of "guests" at the upcoming event that bill itself as a sci-fi convention for people "tired of woke propaganda."
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