To me that means you are good at creating something fun. Let's be perfectly honest, after Quake 3, nothing id put out was really fun despite all the technical

To me that means you are good at creating something fun. Let's be perfectly honest, after Quake 3, nothing id put out was really fun despite all the technical achievements Carmack made with the subsequent engines I'm not saying Notch is a bad programmer, I admire him very much, but you need to keep the success / marketing / fun factor separate from the actual code