If I remember my Biblical history correctly, the Jews — under Moses — made a mass exodus out of Egypt for the land of milk and honey when the pyramid they were building was crassly labeled as being completed "Fornever."

So there's clear theological parallels between the Israeli exodus of the Old Testament and the current exodus of 3D Realms game developers working on Duke Nukem Forever Since December, Scott Alden, Will Bate, Brian Cozzens, Kyle Davis, Andy Hanson, Keith Schuler, and Charlie Wiederhold have all left 3D Realms for greener pastures. Up to 10 team members have left the company, and there have been multiple departures within the last few days alone.

Shacknews posits that the problem is George Broussard, a crazy perfectionist who keeps on bloating the design document with new Army of Darkness one-liners and ways to "use" the strippers found in the game. Still, when so many people responsible for so many key systems in development start flooding out, that's 2007 release starts looking more and more implausible. Florian Eckhardt

3D Realms Sees Major Employee Departures, Fate of DNF in Question? [Shacknews]

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