He's listed as the "Chief Technical Officer" for Doom 3 and Rage. Sounds like an executive position to me.
Sounds like an executive position to me.
Sounds like a fancy title they grant to people to feed their egos.He's listed as the "Chief Technical Officer" for Doom 3 and Rage. Sounds like an executive position to me.
He's listed as the "Chief Technical Officer" for Doom 3 and Rage. Sounds like an executive position to me.
Tell me the last game Avellone was the lead narrative designer for. He pretty much is just an executive these days too.It is and it isn't.
What it does mean is that he lead the tech departmemt. Nothing less and nothing more. That doesn't mean he gave up coding.
By the same dumb logic Chris Avellone is also just an executive.
Tell me the last game Avellone was the lead narrative designer for. He pretty much is just an executive these days too.It is and it isn't.
What it does mean is that he lead the tech departmemt. Nothing less and nothing more. That doesn't mean he gave up coding.
By the same dumb logic Chris Avellone is also just an executive.
considering the quality of games as of late, i concurWhat i took from Carmack is that i think he believes gaming is below his dignity.
Generally speaking, if you want to do work in your own time related to the field you are employed in you request it in writing and receive a letter from the company's legal department before you start.Carmack: I wrote that on my time off.Zenimax say they have a written confession that some of the code written under their watch was being used. I imagine Carmack is going to have to refute that written statement somehow. The burden of casting doubt on Zenimax's evidence is on him.
Judge: Does Zenimax has proof that Carmack was working on this during time paid for by Bethesda?
Does it really work that way? If a lawyer works at a large law firm then he doesn't really have 'off hours.' That is, he can't take on his own clients in his spare time. Obviously programming is a little different but it depends on how his contract is worded. I can easily see it including all programming work created by an individual during the length of the contract.
He might have, but then decided to pull his own double cross against the original double cross.
Like a crappy film noir twist on a predictable femme fatale betrayal.
He might have, but then decided to pull his own double cross against the original double cross.
Like a crappy film noir twist on a predictable femme fatale betrayal.
Well, regardless of if Carmack did a double betrayal, Zenimax would still have their foot in the door because of Carmacks employment with Zenimax.
Heck, Carmack might not have even known he was being used as a pawn to get Zenimax a slice of the Oculus pie. A few words of encouragement from Zenimax exec's and some undocumented assurances that it wasn't against his contract and Carmack rides off to get Zenimax some money.
I doubt Zenimax would start a legal 'to-do' about it if there wasn't some grain of truth. Lawyers bill by the hour.
Oh, yeah, I'm sure players would have appreciated getting ambushed by monsters in dark rooms right in their face.One of the most interesting claims, though, is that a financial spat with ZeniMax is the reason that Doom 3 BFG never ended up supporting VR. Doom 3 was one of the first games tested with the Rift, and it was supposed to be one of the very first games released for it — every development kit, in fact, was supposed to come with a copy.