John Carmack is a man that was criticized by a lot of PC gamers when RAGE was being developed for both PC and consoles. Yes, the man responsible for id Software’s engines did state some bizarre things when X360 and PS3 were out, however we can all agree that he was incredibly influential and that he played a critical role in establishing the PC as a vital gaming platform, especially when it came to first-person shooters. And we are happy to report that John Carmack will receive BAFTA’s greatest honour next month.
As it was revealed today, Carmack will be honoured with the Academy’s highest honour, which is awarded “in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games”.
Here is what Carmack had to say:
“Receiving a BAFTA Fellowship is a great honour. Over the course of my career, I’ve remained passionate about the potential for engineering and technology improvements to expand the range of human creativity. Graphics, networking, extendable platforms, and now virtual reality; each has enabled magnificent new things that delight millions of people. I am as excited about the future today as I was when I started.”
Now I really, really, really hope that Carmack will give a keynote at the BAFTAs similar to his keynote at QuakeCon. Now that would be amazing, especially since Bethesda did not invite him at QuakeCon 2015 (or at this year’s event).
Thanks PCGamer
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I’m curious what “bizarre” things Carmack said when the previous consoles were out. I know he apologized for RAGE’s performance, but other than that I don’t get what’s being implied here. Anyone care to fill me in?
Either way, heartiest congrats to Carmack; can’t think of anyone more deserving than him (along with Ken Silverman and Tim Sweeney) when it comes to the revolutionary era of PC gaming.
Once he said that consoles were 2x faster than PC, or something like that.
Huh, really? I know he said modern PCs were 10x faster than consoles, but haven’t really heard him say the opposite before. And if he did there must have been a damn good reason. I’ll have to take a look and see.
If he was talking about CPU optimization then he was lowballing, consoles are 3-4 times faster on average. It sucks when we have so much more power but even an xbox 360 cpu can spit out more drawcalls than an intel i7.
Ah, I found the tweet:
“For the same given paper spec, a console will deliver twice the perf of a
PC, and a PC will deliver twice the perf of a mobile part.”
And then he followed it up with this:
“Of course, you can get a PC with much more than 2x the power of a console…”
I’m not sure if this is what DSOGaming is talking about, but it doesn’t seem bizarre to me at all. In fact it’s quite expected as you said.
Controversy = clicks = moni.
What people forget about Carmack is that he is a software engineer and looks at the technology through the eyes of a software engineer. He has no notion of fanboyism. In essence, if he sees that something is working better on a console (as a software engineer) he will praise it and say that it works better. Same for PC, or any other technology that might interest him as a software engineer.
The man deserves it.
Carmack is a legend and my idol!
He deserves this recognition!
very good