Who do you think is the most important person in video games? If you didn't say id Software's John Carmack then you're lying, as far as Rage creative director Tim Willits is concerned.
"John Carmack. If anyone tells you someone else, they're lying."
He's equally sure of upcoming shooter with racing side-cart Rage: "I'll be honest with you it's exciting. It's different from Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. It has so much to offer, it's really id's best game."
Plenty of Rage material has streamed out of E3 2011 in Los Angeles. Not least the eight minutes of gameplay footage that made our inbox buckle in the run up to open doors.
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11 comments so far...
TheCrimsonFenix on 8 Jun '11 said:
No, he's not.
TheLastDodo on 8 Jun '11 said:
No he's not.
Michael Pachter is. I jest
Steve Jobs is the most important man in gaming.
GTCzeero on 8 Jun '11 said:
In the 1990s, maybe.
Now, nobody cares. Let the games do the talking.
ImaCyborgUK on 8 Jun '11 said:
No its Masato Nakamura or Uwe Boll
Barca Azul on 8 Jun '11 said:
Who?
Surely it Bobby Kotic!
*leaves the forum quickly shutting the door behind*
BOYD1981 on 8 Jun '11 said:
I would agree that he is to some degree alongside Ken Silverman, they both helped to build (no pun intended) the popularity of First Person Shooters and 3D environments, which in no uncertain terms helped the PC to become a desirable gaming platform and therefore more popular than systems such as Amiga and Atari ST which had done games better for years.
I believe that the popularity of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom is one of the main reasons most homes now have an affordable PC in them, rather an expensive beige box your dad does his accounts on and to help you with your homework.
Gaseous Snake on 8 Jun '11 said:
No he's not! He sounds like someone that sells toilets, automobiles and coats!
Geddit? John Car mack?
I'll grab my coat (which he sold to me).
Rei Onryou on 8 Jun '11 said:
More importantly, he basically created the 3D engine. You know, the thing that pretty much all game engines are now based on? Binary Space Partitioning FTW!
LordVonPS3 on 8 Jun '11 said:
Look no further. Ah, you've found me.
racxie on 8 Jun '11 said:
Erm, has he forgotten about Miyamoto?
Imaduck on 9 Jun '11 said:
I'd say someone like Gabe Newell or Ken Levine or the top dude at Bioware. I love ID's work, but this industry doesn't come with number 1's. It's a shared field for an art form, it's all down to opinion, there are no number 1's other than money.