John Carmack
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John D. Carmack II is an American computer programmer and video game developer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenst
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Carmack giving a speech after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 10th annual Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony on March 11, 2010
Carmack speaking about "The Dawn of Mobile VR" during the Game Developers Conference 2015
Carmack during the 2005 X PRIZE Cup
Quake (video game)
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Quake is a 1996 first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive. The first game in the Quake series, it was originally released for MS-DOS and Windows, followe
John Carmack
…game developer. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels. Carmack made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes. In 2013, he resigned…
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Many of the enemies of Quake took inspiration of the characters of American writer H. P. Lovecraft (pictured in 1934)
John Carmack (pictured in 2006) programmed Quake
Trent Reznor composed the music of Quake along with his band Nine Inch Nails, and also provided the voice for Ranger, the playable character