John Carmack on id Tech 6, Ray Tracing, Consoles, Physics and more on PC Perspective is a Q&A with the id Software cofounder and technical director. The conversation focuses on very technical details about graphics engine development, sure to be a help to anyone writing a doctoral thesis...

Matrix Games announces that new updates are now available for both John Tiller's Battleground Civil War and John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars, addressing an issue that impacted both games. Word is: "The comprehensive updates will bring Battleground Napoleonic Wars up to ver...

The Gamers With Jobs Conference Call Episode 89 is online, among other things offering an interview with id Software Technical Director John Carmack. Here's the abstract describing the nearly two-hour broadcast: "We're very pleased this week to have an interview with John Carmack! Sadly...

Carmack frees Quake on GamesRadar is a Q&A with the id Software Technical Director about Quake Live, the upcoming free first-person shooter formerly known as Quake Zero. Along the way he calls this an effort at speaking to the future of PC gaming: I would say that there is this sense of ...

Matrix Games announces what they are calling a "mega-update" for John Tiller’s Campaign Series, saying: "The update addresses many longstanding community issues especially dealing with the dynamic campaign feature and the “Cave bug” found in Rising Sun. A few of the many new n...

Carmack IDs Quake Live on GameSpot is a Q&A with the id Software Technical Director discussing their upcoming Quake Live project. Along the way he clarifies where this does and does not depart from Quake III Arena:The core game has had very little changes to the engine. The idea was to w...

Carmack speaks out on hardware issues on Eurogamer reflects comments from the id Software technical director that while it would be "great" if the console life-cycle would be longer, the lure of "first mover advantage" will probably "be far too tempting" and wil...

Matrix Games offers a new patch for John Tiller’s Campaign Series, described as a "comprehensive update" bringing the tactical wargame compilation to version 1.04. This adds the ability to make the new assault and visibility rules optional, OOB improvements for all games, a new ser...

The father of FPS on GamesRadar is a short Q&A with John Carmack, talking with the id Software Technical Director about Quake Live and the state of gaming. One question asks about PCs versus consoles, and he expresses mixed feelings about the whole platform balance of power: "There ...