Every few years, the gaming world gets its pants in a bunch over Carmack, the main man behind id games. Whenever he finishes a project, word gets out that he's thinking about retiring. Part of this phenomenon is fanboy-anxiety and part of it is created by Carmack's own flirtation with other interests. He makes no secret of his other vocation, private space travel. Now CNN gets in on the myth-making hype, and wonders if Carmack's next game will be his last. The Game God has mentioned that he thinks real-time rendering technology is just about where he's always dreamed it would be, but that doesn't mean he's going to lose interest. He may take a break after the next game, but if Nvidia or ATI keep plowing away in R&D you can be sure Carmack will be one step away from the fray.
