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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.