> The vast majority of computer programmers are more or less anonymous.
> You never hear, for example, *who* was the lead programmer of the team
> who developed, let's say, the Source engine or the Unreal engine. You
> just hear the company which developed it. Carmack is rather unique in
> this regard, as he is quite well known for his role in the ongoing
> development of the doom/quake engines. Not many programmers reach that
> level of celebrity.

I think nowadays most projects tend to be much bigger so it's not usual that 
one person gets well-known for a project.  In the old days, when one guy 
alone could write or port an entire best-selling game, of course he will get 
recognition.

I can only think of two programmers that I know:

Geoff Crammond.  He wrote the first ever racing game I played frequently 
(Revs on the BBC), and then went on to write the Grand Prix series for the 
PC.

Eddie Edwards ported some FPS games to the Acorn, I remember reading some 
really good articles and interviews.

If you look on some of the game developer websites they often have 
interviews with some of the core programmers from certain well-known 
projects.  Usually very interesting reading.

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