John Carmack Quotes

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• If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.
• At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a…
• It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.
• The speed of light sucks.
• It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!
• One of the big lessons of a big project is you don't want people that aren't really programmers programming, you'll suffer for it!
• In the information age, the barriers [to entry into programming] just aren't there. The barriers are self imposed. If you want to set off and…
• Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.
• Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.
• We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games. That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it…
• Honestly, I spend very little time thinking about past events, and I certainly don't have them ranked in any way. I look back and think…
• I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But…
• I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming - the intensity of the first…
• Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important.

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