> I doubt a median games programmer would take 10x the length of time that it would take any other games programmer. It just seems implausible, and I don't know

> I doubt a median games programmer would take 10x the length of time that it would take any other games programmer. It just seems implausible, and I don't know why people want to defend it. Then why did all those thousands of other game programmers fail at creating a decent 3d game, before Doom was released? It's not like Carmack was the only one trying.