Carmack needs to be paired up with a real gameplay/product/market counterpart. H...

yannickt · on Oct 15, 2011

He needs Romero back. I think if these two were still working together, we would see some amazing games being made.

cavalcade · on Oct 15, 2011

I thought about John Romero but from i've read his (game) design sensibilities/taste wasn't quite the equivalent of Carmack's technical chops.

jonromero · on Oct 15, 2011

Yeap, I think that the two of them were the "dream team".

palish · on Oct 15, 2011

I'd say Carmack cares more about rockets than about games, at this point. Who wouldn't?

yannickt · on Oct 15, 2011

His interviews after he received the gdc lifetime achievement award suggest otherwise.

palish · on Oct 15, 2011

Really? Interesting. I haven't kept up.

That's... Well, that's ironic. I wonder why he decided to pursue gamedev with more passion than rocketdev?

yannickt · on Oct 15, 2011

He actually said that "there is more opportunity for technical innovation [...] in gaming than practically anywhere else I can imagine". A modern game like Rage can stimulate one's intellect for a very long time.

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