Gabe Newell says the PS3 is a waste of everybody's time

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Omac said:

phil said:

Omac said:
lol you've just stated what I was saying. I was playing 4 player Doom on BBS, so I've been around and know who he is. Just was saying he doesn't really do much anymore except produce.

No, you were saying he doesn't do much programming anymore:

"I don't think John Carmack does any programming anymore."

You're flat out wrong. Like Darc Requiem pointed out, he makes some of the most advanced 3d games engines.

 Just curious, like which game.  I'm looking at my DOOM3 and it says he is a Technical director.

"Technical Director" is probably a similar position to System Architect combined with Project Manager; basically he designs the system and lets lower level peons implement most of the details. The reality is that 5% of the code in an engine takes 95% of the execution time, and I'm pretty sure that someone with the experience of Carmack is heavily involved in ensuring that that 5% is as well written as possible.