Low-level Programming Is Good For The Programmer's

The Idea That I Can Be Presented With A Problem, Set Out To Logically Solve It With The Tools At Hand, And Wind Up With A Program That Could Not Be Legally Used Because Someone Else Followed The Same Logical Steps Some Years Ago And Filed For A Patent On It Is Horrifying.

Focus Is A Matter Of Deciding What Things You're Not Going To Do.

I Wanted To Remain A Technical Adviser For Id, But It Just Didn't Work Out. Probably For The Best, As The Divided Focus Was Challenging.

I Really Think, If Anything, There Is More Evidence To Show That The Violent Games Reduce Aggression And Violence. There Have Actually Been Some Studies About That, That It's Cathartic. If You Go To Quakecon And You Walk By And You See The People There [and Compare That To] A Random Cross Section Of A College Campus, You're Probably Going To Find A More Peaceful Crowd Of People At The Gaming Convention. I Think It’s At Worst Neutral And Potentially Positive.

It's Nice To Have A Game That Sells A Million Copies.