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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'

"The real legacy of Quake is in the metagame rather than the game itself."

PC Gamer

A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies

It's not just about Doom. Okay, it's mostly about Doom.

PC Gamer

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!'

The research, folks, the research. Absolutely not the frame rate. I hope.

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Meta's VP of VR is leaving and it's time for the company to 'give a damn' again

Mark Rabkin is leaving Meta and transferring power to Ryan Cairns who previously headed up Portal and Meta for Work initiatives.

Android Central

In 1991, after a 28-hour coding spree, the efforts of John Carmack 'Doomed' us all

John Carmack's incredible coding feat prior to the launch of Doom is memorialized.

Tom’s Hardware

Legendary video game developer imagines a future where GPUs don't need PCs — John Carmack envisions a GPU with Linux onboard, so you would just add power and a display

Earlier today, legendary video games developer John Carmack made the case for what one might casually describe as a standalone graphics card.

Tom’s Hardware

Elon Musk Somehow Found Time to Rank in the Top 20 of 'Diablo IV'

In the midst of running his companies and campaigning for Donald Trump, Elon Musk somehow found time to do very well in Diablo IV

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20 Years Ago, A Legendary Sci-Fi Shooter Got a Controversial Sequel That Was Ahead of Its Time

'Doom 3' took big risks to pioneer a new genre of gaming, even if the response at the time was mixed at best.

Inverse

John Romero says that what set Wolfenstein and Doom apart 'was our speed—the speed of the game was critical'

"That's what really differentiated them from everyone else."

PC Gamer

PlayStation on Mac, Halo on Mac and three more broken gaming promises made at different Apple Events — what could have been done differently?

Apple has repeatedly tried to make the case that they’re focused on gaming. These past experiences prove otherwise.

iMore

Meta Horizon OS could repeat Android's biggest problem if Meta isn't careful

Meta Horizon OS is set to be "the Android of VR," but some developers are concerned that this will unnecessarily complicate things.

Android Central

Could Tesla be about to make its own silicon? Even Elon Musk isn't sure — but let's wait and see if it wants to take on Samsung and TSMC

Musk says Tesla could create its own bespoke chips, but it would rather not... for now.

TechRadar

Elon Musk claims Tesla could build a silicon foundry and make its own chips, but says 'I sure hope we don’t have to'

Oh, just do it Elon. I'm sure you'd make more money from it than you have from Twitter.

PC Gamer

Doom is eternal: The immeasurable impact of gaming's greatest FPS

"As long as the solution to every problem involves the player being aggressive somehow, it feels like Doom."

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Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth has died

Wirth, who won the AM Turning Award in 1984, was widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of computer science.

GamesRadar

Gears of War and Dishonored devs help lead Doom's "incredible" 30th birthday celebrations

"My memories of 1993 are vivid"

TechRadar

For Doom's 30th anniversary, one fan has complied everything that the first-person shooter can run on

One player has found every way you can play Doom, and some may stretch the imagination.

PC Gamer

For Doom's 30th anniversary, the Johns Romero and Carmack reunited to celebrate the FPS that changed everything: 'I want to thank everybody in the Doom community for keeping this game alive'

The two reminisced about the shooter's development and how it differed from id's games up to that point.

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Doom at 30: what it means, by the people who made it

In 1993, a team of five coders released what would become one of the most influential video games ever made. Three decades on, they explain how they did it

PC Gamer

Mail trucks and millions of dollars: how shareware transformed PC gaming forever

We can thank floppy disks in Ziploc bags for the FPS genre as we know it.

PC Gamer

The most important games and moments in 30 years of PC gaming, part 1: 1993-2003

Games, software, hardware, and events that changed everything.

PC Gamer

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

And no, it's not weird: Romero says he and Carmack have remained friends throughout their post-Doom careers.

Tom’s Hardware

Del Complex Proposes Floating AI Data Centers in the Ocean to Flout US Sanctions

Del Complex seems to take the concept of company town several miles further — straight toward international waters and the promise of AI clusters with national sovereignty. In a world of geopolitical tension floating in the concepts of AI, AGI, and BCI, this idea is enough to turn heads.

TechRadar

ID Software co-founder returns to QuakeCon a decade after company exit

ID Software's co-founder returned to QuakeCon a decade after exiting the company.

PC Gamer

Sorry, Doom dreamers: John Carmack wishes John Romero 'the best' but they're not working on a secret new project together

Carmack said Romero's new autobiography reminds him of the glory days when they were "the 3D game hackers."

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