John Carmack: Quake Live Will Make Consoles Green with Envy
John Carmack: Quake Live Will Make Consoles Green with Envy
Posted 02/26/2009 at 12:02am
| by Nathan Grayson
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That John Carmack! What a gossip, huh? He goes on a beer run with PC gamers and he’s all like, “I just wanted to… I just… I love you guys!” But then, after totally crashing a console-only party, he’s singing a different tune (possibly while wearing a dog costume). And now, once again Carmack’s shacking up with PC game—oh no! He’s here! Please, please, please don’t tell him what we said. That’d be soooo awkward.
"A lot of [Quake Live] was about doing something that the PC was going to be better at than the consoles," he told Gamasutra.
"Our modern triple-A stuff has to be somewhat more console-centric, with the PC as a peer, while this is an opportunity to do something where the PC will really stand alone,” he noted.
Carmack hopes to see Quake Live blossom into a sort of social-networking service – the one toy at show-and-tell that even Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo only wish they could get their grubby mitts on or toss in the sandbox or put in their mouths or whatever makes sense with this flimsy analogy.
"For years, I've often thought about the fact that a lot of people spend vastly more time on websites and forums about the games that they're playing than they actually spend playing the games themselves," he adds. "We hope to have some aspect of that here."
Well, that’s good enough for us, John. We’re yours forever now… wait a minute! Did you just steal this gift from our shelves – our shelves marked “1999” – and rewrap it? Is this all we are to you?
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maniacm0nk3y
February 28, 2009 at 12:31pm
For a laptop that can't play any games, even doom this is a refresh. For all you saying it takes too long...just wait. I installed, and got through many games yesterday, the 27th in less then an hour. It's fast, easy simple. Just wait for the queue, no longer then 5 minutes during the day and a lot less during the night...and get fragging.
Naw-yi
February 26, 2009 at 10:58am
this games a joke already old hacks on the game. was a waste of a pluggin. and 10min qualify 3 hour line wait. 0 out of 10
GFC
February 26, 2009 at 9:28am
To be honest.. i don't know why it's just a big deal. I've waited in line for at least a couple of hours, it took like at least an hour or two more to download it, and after all that - just an old game that's not even interesting.
And it's not like i don't like FPS games, or that i didn't give it a chance, i tried, and tried, and died some more. Yes, it's cool when you 'pwn' 3 people in 3 seconds, but to be honest, i have no idea why i wasted half my day on it, when i could've played TF2. Oh, and on that note, i'll just go and do that.Sorry, not feeling the 'quake live, look it's an 20 year old game, but now for free, and with the worst graphics I've seen in 10 years', whoopee..
jihnn
February 26, 2009 at 7:21am
talk about q's. the devs promise to get to a no q state
you can bet this has blizz " Quaken in their boots"
there are like 10 mill wow players that can't stand azoroth anymore, they just don't have anyplace to go.... who knows this may be it
i created an account today, then saw the queue and thought "holy crap" hahaha ..... this could be great, i for 1 will be there and give it a good try hopefully i'll find a home..... pvp rocks
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