Masters of Doom

“Pizza” is mentioned 39 times. “Render” and “polygon” combined for 19. Would you read a book about Beethoven that only mentions how great were his symphonies and how everyone loved them without ever talking about what exactly made them great (and probably not even discussing Fidelio's plot)? So what exactly were Carmack's innovations in game engines? Oh, he was very smart and worked a lot; now let's talk instead about his Ferrari (have I already mentioned that his office was full of pizza boxes?).