Duke Nukem For Never

[Nubbins]

Yeah, well I was going to say... the Id guys did similar stuff with Doom and Quake... I think both games had double-barreled shotguns called boomsticks.

[nacho]

Well... Not Duke Nukem... But I kind of thought this would be nice for this thread since Apogee is the granddad of the Duke Nukem folks...

Hard to believe it’s been two full decades since the world first got a taste of what would become id Software.

Commander Keen, the earliest work produced by the id team, was launched 20 years ago on December 14 — over two months before the company was officially founded. Starring Billy “Commander Keen” Blaze, an eight-year-old genius-turned-space explorer, the Keen series quickly won a big following for its smooth side-scrolling action and irreverent style.

To mark the series’ 20th anniversary today, developers from both id Software and Bethesda have volunteered to share their memories of the Keen games. Take a trip back through time and space with us below:

More at:

http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/12/14/remembering-commander-keen-20-years-later

[nacho]

LOL.

We were thrilled back in January when we heard that, after 13 years, Duke Nukem Forever was FINALLY going to be released on May 3, 2011. But we should have known it was too good to be true. Because Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software, just came forward in a video to sheepishly announce that the game's release would be delayed AGAIN.

[monkey!]

I can't believe these guys are still getting funding....

[Sirharles]

They had a preview of this in last months Game Informer magazine.  They said if you are nostalgic for the old Duke then this is the game for you, but the graphics and "script" aren't on par with the games of today.

Here's the link...to long to paste.

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/duke_nukem_forever/b/xbox360/archive/2011/02/09/hands-on-with-duke-nukem-forever.aspx

[nacho]

Yeah. Today's news convinced me that this is some sort of elaborate joke.

Oh well! I'm not bothered because I have to buy wall hangings for my increasingly hateful and murderous Sim queen. I just let her go last night and sat there reading a book and she sent three Sims to their death for no clear reason.

[Sirharles]

However..this is what Duke should have been.  It has consumed me these last few days.

[nacho]

I like that you're playing that and I'm sitting in the dark arguing with my Sim queen because she doesn't like the blue dress I favor.

I think, tonight, I'll try and make a Sim who isn't a fucking cunt. My Spy kills people for fun and against my wishes, my wizard sleeps with anything that moves, my queen's psychotic, and my knight can't survive a fistfight with his squire.

[nacho]

Has anybody bothered with this? The reviews are just terrible... I can't even bring myself to steal it for fear it'll rape my nostalgic love for Duke 3D.