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John Carmack

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    May 23, 2011

    Comptroller's Office Looks at NewSpace Industry in Texas at the End of the Shuttle Era

    Via.Space entrepreneur Richard Garriott When the space shuttle Endeavour touches down in a little more than a week, NASA's shuttle program will come down to just one more mission: Atlantis's launch set for July. It's the moment private space industry's been gearing up for, when America's space prog ... More >>

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    September 3, 2010

    NASA Enlists Caddo Mills-Based Armadillo Aerospace For A Boost to Suborbital Space

    Mark Graham​Local private spaceflight player Armadillo Aerospace has always had a complex relationship with NASA. Like other NewSpace teams, they pretty much define themselves against the glacial pace and dense bureaucracy of government spaceflight -- but at least until there's a real market for s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Rockets, Hookahs and Flamin' Hot Cheetos: Lighting A Fire At QuakeCon 2010

    Photos by Patrick MichelsYears from now, they'll all be talking about that epic QuakeCon back when hookahs were still legal in Dallas.As Master o' Doom John Carmack wrapped his keynote sermon yesterday evening, the old familiar QuakeCon rhythm began drumming back to life, tap-tap-slurp, in the dim a ... More >>

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    August 12, 2010

    Duck and Cover

    Photos by Patrick MichelsYears from now, they'll all be talking about that epic QuakeCon back when hookahs were still legal in Dallas.As Master o' Doom John Carmack wrapped his keynote sermon yesterday evening, the old familiar QuakeCon rhythm began drumming back to life, tap-tap-slurp, in the dim a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    At QuakeCon 2010, John Carmack Shows Why His iPhone's Cooler Than Yours: It's Got Rage

    Photos by Patrick MichelsGaming guru John Carmack waxed philosophical about ray tracing, indirect ambient occlusion, and leading a purposeful life in his 15th QuakeCon keynote this afternoon.As gamers from around the world wheeled their home-tweaked shoot-'em-up-optimized computers into the Hilton ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Ten Years of Armadillo Aerospace Memories, Plus a Chat With X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis

    This week's paper version of Unfair Park includes the story of Armadillo Aerospace, the eight-man team of rocket builders that's grown into one of the country's leading NewSpace start-ups. From their first days tinkering in a North Dallas loading dock a decade ago to their new home in a Caddo Mills ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    With NASA's Future Uncertain, Dallas Rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace Compete In The Race To Privatize The Final Frontier

    This week's paper version of Unfair Park includes the story of Armadillo Aerospace, the eight-man team of rocket builders that's grown into one of the country's leading NewSpace start-ups. From their first days tinkering in a North Dallas loading dock a decade ago to their new home in a Caddo Mills ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Rocket Men From Mesquite's Armadillo Aerospace Are in Line For $1 Million X Prize

    Photos by Patrick MichelsArmadillo Aerospace's Neil Milburn guides Scorpius off a trailer bed after its successful launches Saturday afternoon.​ Check out more photos from the launch day in our slide show.He'd just guided his 1,900-pound rocket to a successful simulated moon landing, but while his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Magic Under The Wires At QuakeCon, the Biggest, Baddest Bring-Your-Own-Computer Party Around

    Alex WolensNot at all like doing it at home.​Check out more shots from QuakeCon in our slide show.​Finding QuakeCon amidst the bustling mini-metropolis of the Gaylord Texan was easy: just follow the kids in flair-laden QC necklaces staggering under the weight of their clunky homemade PCs. It was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Sure, There's QuakeCon in August. But Sure to Be All the Rage? Id's Long-Awaited Rage.

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    John Carmack Has Space Balls

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    At the Anatole, John Carmack Got Gamers Quaking in Their Booties

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2007

    Spaced Out in North Dallas

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2007

    The Doom Patrol

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Letters

    For about a year, this is all folks have seen of id's new Rage, which will likely debut at QuakeCon.At last year's QuakeCon, held at the Hilton Anatole, id Software's John Carmack made a few announcements considered quite major at the time, among them word that the Mesquite-based developer was looki ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Stormy weather

    Hot new computer game maker ION Storm appears to have all it needs for success -- top talent, plenty of money, and legions of anxious fans. So why is its future so cloudy?

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Space Aliens are Breeding with Earth Women

    Hot new computer game maker ION Storm appears to have all it needs for success -- top talent, plenty of money, and legions of anxious fans. So why is its future so cloudy?

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