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If you're like me and can't remember names very well but thought "I know I've heard of him"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack https://en.wikipedia.

If you're like me and can't remember names very well but thought "I know I've heard of him"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack "He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake and their sequels."

weavie 6y ago
I am terrible with names, but John Carmack is one of the few that I never forget.
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elyseum 6y ago
Omg never knew he did Commander Keen too. CK2 probably was the first video game I played (as far as I can remember). Go go pogo sticks!
- dEnigma 6y ago
  Commander Keen is also Doom Guy's father, at least according to Tom Hall (co-founder of id software) https://twitter.com/ThatTomHall/status/958352500431572992 https://twitter.com/ThatTomHall/status/958352500431572992
  - komali2 6y ago
    Being now 1/4th of the way through Doom Eternal I wonder how Canon that is. It seems Doomguy is the direct descendent of human-but-not warrior race? So BJ Blascowitz being human (maybe?) doesn't quite fit. They're doing such an awesome job expanding the Doom mythology that it'd be tight to watch them go back and explore Keen more, silly a game though it may have been.
    - raymond_goo 6y ago
      See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lii3m4ct_gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lii3m4ct_gI And: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0L4--Yh28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU0L4--Yh28