Saturday, August 16, 2003

Interview with the Carmack -- 10:38 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Gamespy caught up with id's John Carmack to talk about game engines, id's role in the gaming world, and a bit on rocketry. The last paragraph of the interview had a comment that I find rather intriguing. I hope someone pursues it.

I thought it would be kind of neat if we took the DOOM renderer, and we had a team take previous games-don't touch the game, just revamp it graphically. Just take Quake II, and just use the DOOM engine to make brand new graphic models and everything. But don't spend time messing with the gameplay because we know that is pretty good. Just release it as Quake II Remix with brand new graphics technology and sell it at a middle-level price instead of a boutique price.

DOOM3 and Quake IV Interviews -- 4:51 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Gamespy caught up with id's Tim Willits and Todd Hollenshead to talk about DOOM3 and with Raven's Rick Johnson to talk about Quake IV. There isn't much to say about Quake IV now. The more I hear about DOOM3, the more I want it. I also realize that I'm going to need a new video card :) Thanks Shacknews.

Friday, August 15, 2003

Pondering the Imponderable -- 11:17 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I got my Slackware 9.0 CDs yesterday. Not bad, since I just ordered them on Tuesday. The CDs come in a nice four-disc jewel case like the one the Diablo II discs came in. Here's what's on the discs:

• The standard Slackware installation CD (I assume it's the same as the downloadable ISO)
• An "extras" disc (with the kernel source, KDE i18n, etc.) that doubles as a ready-to-boot Linux. Just pop the disc in and set your box to boot to the CD. Soon you'll be running Linux, complete with X
• A disc with the source code and Slackware Linux Essentials book in HTML format. I wish I had known about that book when I started with Linux.
• A disc with more source, ZipSlack (for running Slackware from a Zip disc or a DOS/VFAT partition), and the older /pasture packages.

All told, it's a good deal if you don't want to spend all day downloading ISOs (especially since the last three discs aren't available as ISOs) or if you just want to support the continuing development of Slackware.

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