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Amazing Camera Footage From John Carmack’s Latest Rocket Launch

Software legend John Carmack doesn’t just work technical wonders and make great games. He also spends a lot of time (and money) on Armadillo Aerospace, an amateur outfit that is trying to make a space rocket that, instead of flying into space never to be seen again, can be re-used.


RAGE’s Mod Tools Are Daunting, But Might Result In Awesome “New” Games

Having been promised for an age, id Software finally made good last week on a pledge to release a modding tool kit for its ambitious, if slightly wonky 2011 shooter RAGE.


id Releases Rage Toolkit, System Requirements Include John Carmack, A Server Farm

First, the good news! With the release of the Rage Toolkit on Steam, modders eager to get into the guts of the game now have the software to do so. The bad news? Only “technically sophisticated and adventurous” modders need apply, it’s a 35GB download and cooking up your own Megatextures will demand a level of patience beyond what’s mentally possible.


RAGE May Have Underwhelmed, But Its Characters Were Gorgeous

id’s RAGE may have its fans — and I’m one of them —but even they’d admit it never really hit the heights it could, or given the developer’s pedigree perhaps should have hit.


Doom 3 Disappears From Steam In Shady Move

You used to be able to get Doom 3 for cheap on Steam, on account of the game being pretty damn old. But ever since the release of its updated sibling, Doom 3 BFG edition, the original is nowhere to be found. You can’t buy it.


It Looks Like Doom 3, But Better

Here are some fresh QuakeCon screenshots from Doom 3 BFG Edition, a remastered version of Doom 3 that will be out in October for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


Id’s John Carmack Gets A Reminder On How Mario Used To Kick Our Ass

Here’s a short, cute clip from id boss John Carmack’s keynote address at this year’s QuakeCon, in which the brutality of Super Mario Bros. 3 is compared to the more pedestrian Mario games of today.


John Carmack Says Doom 4 Will Be ‘Done When It’s Done’

Speaking at QuakeCon today, id’s John Carmack said they’re hard at work on first-person shooter Doom 4 and it will be “done when it’s done”.


Seems Like Doom Might Have Inspired Valve To Build Steam

It’s common knowledge that Gabe Newell used to work at Microsoft, right? In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, the Valve CEO discusses learning that the first Doom outranked Windows as the most used software application:


How Rage’s Blurry Textures Tried To Push The Envelope Of 3D Gaming

Five months is a long time in the games industry. Rage, released in October of last year, already feels like a relic of another age. After a rocky launch, and a so-so patch aimed at PC gamers, there hasn’t been much else to talk about regarding id’s shooter of mixed acclaim.


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