John Carmack
John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is a well known video game creator. He was one of the creators of id Software, a video game company, in 1991. Carmack was the main programmer of the first-person shooter games Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels. In 1999, Carmack appeared as number 10 in TIME's list of the 50 most influential people in technology.[1]
Carmack married Katherine Anna Kang in January 2000. Their son, Christopher Ryan, was born on August 13, 2004. In March 2006, Carmack was added to the Walk of Game, an event that names the most important people in video games.
John Carmack Media
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 in Las Cruces and Alamogordo, New Mexico
References
- ↑ "TIME Digital -- Digital 50 - JOHN CARMACK". Archived from the original on 2000-05-10. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
Sources
- Kushner, David (2003). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, New York: Random House. ISBN 0375505245.
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