Re:Don't buy HL2!!! (Score 0)

We should also call the guy that invented plastic (Alexander Parkes with with a plastic-like goo) a pathetic excuse for a human, because his only intention was to make disposable plastic coffee cups - what a waste! Why didn't he do something useful with his life! Then again, without the field of plastics, our lives would be vastly different, including medicine; flight; agriculture; ....

Jon's games and code have advanced the field of personal real-time 3D graphics as a whole, not simply first-person shooters. Without the pressures which Carmack and friends brought to bear on the graphics cards manufacturers the 3D graphics market would still be insignificant. The positive effects of this research has and will continue to be profound. Virtually every game currently under development has a 3D component to it.

• Strategy games (WC3)
• Flight sims
• The Sims
• First person shooters
• Role playing games

Think on the profound changes that are likely over the next 5-10 years within the 3D graphics / simulation space. Imagine if all we had to look forward to in gaming was yet another side-scrolling game...

The foundations for the sweeping vista that is the real-time 3D graphics space was laid by one man: John Carmack.