Kotaku: Carmack

Vista Leaves Carmack Cold

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:22:55 EST

This week's quote-machine John Carmack has already voiced his opinion on the PS3 and Nintendo. And he doesn't stop there. Oh, no, in that long Game Informer sitdown, Carmack dishes up his feelings on Microsoft's Vista, saying: More »

Carmack Prefers 360 to PS3

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:20:27 EST

PS3 or Xbox 360? Quickly, which do you like? John Carmack (creator of Doom, Quake ) has been "pulling" for Microsoft. While he likes the PS3 better than the PS2 and doesn't think the new console is ugly, Carmack just isn't crazy about the PS3 dev tools. He says: More »

Carmack Eyes DS

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:22:29 EST

John Carmack, the man that brought us Doom, is now bringing us a cell phone game Orcs and Elves and possibly a DS version of, well, Orcs and Elves. The game is an old style RPG. Carmack tells Wired's Chris Kohler: More »

Carmack's Rocket Crashes... For Good

Brian Crecente — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:00:55 EDT

id Software's John Carmack says he's out of the private space race. More »

Carmack: Big 3D Title, Still Love PC, DS Cell Phone Ports

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:24:24 EDT

Legendary Doom and Quake programmer John Carmack gave the keynote speech at this year's QuakeCon 2006. More »

Carmack Art Ain't No Bow-Tie Boy

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:20:54 EDT

Not John Carmack's art, but John Carmack art? The Doom/Quake creator gets a send-up in textured polyurethane. Game artist Brody Condon produced this 650 Polygon Quake Carmack in jeans and a t-shirt. 'Cos even if Carmack were blastin' monsters in-game, he likes to be comfortable. Brian Ashcraft More »

Carmack Talks Cells, Indie and His Next Project

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:26:12 EST

Keith Stuart over at The Guardian's Gamesblog did a short email Q&A with John Carmack that just went up on the site. The interview hits a lot of interesting ground for just seven questions. They discuss Doom RPG, gaming on cell phones, the future of the PC market, Carmack's next big thing and the state of indie development. Here's a taste: More »

Ground Control to Major John

lsmith — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:32:53 EDT

Doom designer John Carmack's spaceship will be shown at the X Prize Cup on Oct. 6. The nine companies showing their shuttles, including Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace, won't be heading into orbit just yet the event's altitude is restricted to "low." Carmack told Wired that his spacecraft could be in space as early as next year. The October event will mark the first time the 10-foot-tall spaceship has been seen by the public. Carmack could see a return on his $2.5 million investment in the project if the military contracts the design for use. Space shuttles are cool and all, but when will Carmack and the military strike a deal to make a real-life version of the BFG9000? More »

Carmack

Brian Crecente — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:39:32 EDT

John Carmack announced at this year's QuakeCon that the source code for Quake 3 Arena will be hitting the net soon. Carmack went on to sing the praises of the Xbox 360, calling it the best development environment he's seen in a console. More »