i personally have never understood john carmack's "genius" role. smart guy for sure. but in many ways, i tend to think of a genius being without a peer in their

i personally have never understood john carmack's "genius" role. smart guy for sure. but in many ways, i tend to think of a genius being without a peer in their direct domain, and for john carmack, that's simply not the case. the most prominent example is tim sweeney. it's just that he isn't as big into marketing himself as carmack is. tim sweeney has arguably outdone carmack in many ways.