Do you need any more proof that id software is utterly bankrupt of imagination than the fact that their first new intellectual property since 1996's Quake is a game called Orcs and Elves?

But perhaps we should qualify that: while id software certainly has no innovative ideas for the future of gameplay, id founder John Carmack himself has been spending a great deal of time fixating on mobile phone gaming lately, and he's got some interesting ideas on where he'd like to see it headed. Ideas that Carmack spilled in an interview with CNN Money.

His big idea is an id produced MMORPG for cell phones. Although Carmack is quick to point out that he doesn't have any interest in bring id head to head with Blizzard, he does hint that a successful cell phone MMORPG could make an excellent bridge into the PC market. Which is a great idea: an MMORPG with a smaller, less advanced cell phone client for when you're shopping or sitting in traffic or pacing the maternity ward. - Florian Eckhardt

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