Remedy was started by Demoscene hackers, including a bunch of Future Crew folks.
You can draw a pretty clean line from the incredible Second Reality demo[1] in 1993 to Alan Wake 2 thirty years later.
You can draw a pretty clean line from the incredible Second Reality demo[1] in 1993 to Alan Wake 2 thirty years later.
As I've commented before on HN, honestly I could write a small book about these Finnish demoscene gods.
like convincing Nvidia that dedicating silicon to RT calc was worth it, or writing part of the acceleration structures they use now ?