December 24th, 2009 / 6:07 pm
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Kind of crushing article at Wired about the recently disbanded, 12 year process of creation, repetition, competition, innovation involved on creating the failed video game sequel Duke Nukem Forever: “George Broussard, co-owner of 3D Realms and the man who headed the Duke Nukem Forever project for its entire 12-year run. Now 46 years old, he’d spent much of his adult life trying to make a single game, and failed over and over again.”

26 Comments

  1. Ken Baumann—

      god, i’m tempted not to read it for pain… i’ve been waiting for that game for 12 years, too.

  2. Ken Baumann—

      god, i’m tempted not to read it for pain… i’ve been waiting for that game for 12 years, too.

  3. shaun—
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  5. Mike McQuillian—

      I remember Duke Nukem 3D. Not a huge gamer,and even I was looking forward to the sequel. That game was so much fun!

  6. Mike McQuillian—

      I remember Duke Nukem 3D. Not a huge gamer,and even I was looking forward to the sequel. That game was so much fun!

  7. .—

      Detox is supposed to come out next year…

  8. .—

      Detox is supposed to come out next year…

  9. james yeh—

      man, i remember playing that game… pretty crushing indeed

  10. james yeh—

      man, i remember playing that game… pretty crushing indeed

  11. jereme—

      I just gave my son a copy of the original duke nukem a few weeks ago. i tried to explain to him the importance of that game but he didn’t care much.

  12. jereme—

      I just gave my son a copy of the original duke nukem a few weeks ago. i tried to explain to him the importance of that game but he didn’t care much.

  13. Blake Butler—

      how old is your son?

  14. Blake Butler—

      how old is your son?

  15. jereme—

      we are amlost exactly 20 years apart. he was supposed to be born on my birthday but my exwife got really sick with some weird disease that basically poisons her body to try to kill the foreign intruder, aka the baby, so he had to come out a little early.

      he’s 12 for those that are curiuos and don’t know my age.

  16. jereme—

      we are amlost exactly 20 years apart. he was supposed to be born on my birthday but my exwife got really sick with some weird disease that basically poisons her body to try to kill the foreign intruder, aka the baby, so he had to come out a little early.

      he’s 12 for those that are curiuos and don’t know my age.

  17. Justin Taylor—

      that article made/ruined christmas. like, emotionally.

  18. Justin Taylor—

      that article made/ruined christmas. like, emotionally.

  19. james yeh—

      yeah sad stuff, pretty crushing

  20. james yeh—

      yeah sad stuff, pretty crushing

  21. alec niedenthal—

      Speaking of video games, I was thinking as I was going to sleep last night that I really want to play a video game based on a Ben Marcus book. I bet there would be a father gun. For what it’s worth, I also imagined a Santa video game in my head.

  22. alec niedenthal—

      Speaking of video games, I was thinking as I was going to sleep last night that I really want to play a video game based on a Ben Marcus book. I bet there would be a father gun. For what it’s worth, I also imagined a Santa video game in my head.

  23. André—

      Fuck. That cover story from the November 2000 issue of PC Gamer was soooo misleading.

  24. André—

      Fuck. That cover story from the November 2000 issue of PC Gamer was soooo misleading.

  25. André—

      Oh, crap. November 1997. I’m older than I think.

  26. André—

      Oh, crap. November 1997. I’m older than I think.