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Ten Years Ago: 3D Realms' Scott Miller

accuno — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:18:31 MST

So, Duke Nukem is mentioned in one of the four questions and about 90% of the comments are about him. I think if people still have that much to say about him, then he is still somewhat relevant.

accuno

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fuchikoma — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:57:47 MST

@cyhborg:
Ah, ROTT... THE rocket launcher game! A smorgasbord for the rocket enthusiast... also most realistic gibs for a couple years in both directions!

fuchikoma

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Jet Set — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:11:32 MST

Duke Nukem is a part of gaming culture. Is he still relevant, no. We grew up on in. But alot of the younger and newer gamers don't know him. SOrta like the Wu-Tang Clan being part of hiphop culture. But not having had an album since almost 7 years ago.

Jet Set

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Amazing_Steve — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:45:20 MST

Forget the cake. Duke Nukem Forever is a lie.

Amazing_Steve

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Pantsman — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:48:43 MST

Hail to the King, Baby. I'll never forget Duke.

Pantsman

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Ehardergardens — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:24:37 MST

Yes, 3drealms used a lot of lines for duke(and i'm a long time fan of bruce campbell and Sam Raimi-who wrote the lines), but in 3drealms' defense:

1. I'm sure they thought of it as cool and a homage to their favorite films at the time as the whole game is a corny B movie filled with references.

2. hopefully after how popular duke became they wouldn't repeat this in a sequel, and write their own oneliners, with a knowing nod if they did quote anyone.

It's a different world now. Games are as big as movies, and so you ironically see movies actually referencing video games.

As cheesy and silly as duke 3d was it was a great fun game. I will ply duke forever when it comes out, and like prey it probably won't blow me away but will be solid fun.

Ehardergardens

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reywing — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:11:08 MST

Duke Nukem, still a leading game character? Hahaha. Blow it out your ass.

reywing

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黒天使 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:54:56 MST

what the ... did someone just praise PREY ??
*shudder*

黒天使

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Ilia Chentsov — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:38:04 MST

@the-hypnotoad: All todays shooter are so SERIOUS and grim.

Yeah, like Serious Sam. And Grim Fandango. Wait, that's not a modern game. And not a shooter.

Ilia Chentsov

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Ilia Chentsov — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:36:37 MST

@zany_ninja: You have mistaken Duke for Postal dude. And we WILL get Postal 3.

Ilia Chentsov

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the-hypnotoad — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:29:41 MST

All this time and still no DNF tells me they are so terrified of screwing it up that they just sit on it. What other developer would do nothing with a very well established IP for such a long time?

And while we're asking for sequels we know we'll never get, how about a new Shadow Warrior game? It's embarrassing how much I enjoyed that game.

All todays shooter are so SERIOUS and grim. We need Duke Nukem (and Lo Wang!) more than ever!

the-hypnotoad

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dtroyt — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:11:46 MST

duke nukem has got balls of steel.

dtroyt

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Doomstalk — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:49:13 MST

@chip5541: Meh, in all honesty I'd say it was more of an homage than a theft. Those lines are really famous. So much so that I doubt they ever expected to claim them as their own. As for the voice actor quotes, have you ever heard of something called a joke?

Doomstalk

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GOLD5 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:47:21 MST

@Zout: Prey2 Needs. More. Cowbell.

GOLD5

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zany_ninja — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:45:44 MST

We need a new Duke Nukem game now more than ever, to take on JT, fox news and the like...

zany_ninja

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cyhborg — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:37:36 MST

rise of the triad sequel, pretty please?
i know they said that ain't gonna happen, but i can dream can't i?

cyhborg

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IronsUK — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:35:02 MST

If Duke was as hot a property as he said, there WOULD have been something from him in the last 10 years, surely.

Someone needs to snatch his gum off him, maybe that'll kick-start him into action.

IronsUK

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Tei — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:24:41 MST

yea, duke nukem forever.

and where is the Ford Fairlaine videogame?

we need a new classification, for +21 years old players

Tei

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palehorse — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:22:21 MST

He's one of my favourite characters, even with the line-stealing. Many people might not, but I would look forward to seeing Duke Nukem Forever. I am amused by DNF and I sometimes try to imagine what 3DRealms could possibly be working on, and what kind of sweetly exquisite hell their employees are going through....and what they hope to achieve at this point.

palehorse

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Zout — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:22:10 MST

We need a Prey sequel, NOW!

Zout

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Zeag — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:19:34 MST

If they could finallt release Duke Nukem Forever, Duke would become a big figure of gaming once again for sure.

Zeag

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BtownDesignGuy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:18:36 MST

I'd say Duke Nukem is still the game industry's leading Bruce Campbell wannabe.

BtownDesignGuy

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chip5541 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:17:26 MST

Duke is a thief and I really don't care for teh devs.

The following is an excerpt from February's (forget what year) PCGamer interview with Jon St. John, the man who does the voice over work for Duke Nukem:
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PCGAMER: Who would win in a fight, you or Bruce Campbell? Have you ever met him?

JonSt: Good question! I think that would be me (based on the fact that I am a larger man than Bruce, I'm not a pampered Hollywood actor, and I fight dirty.) Have I ever met him? No, I don't believe that I have ever met Bruce, but I do remember him from Brisco County Jr., and THE EVIL DEAD, and I understand that he's now doing some multimedia voice-overs. Hey Bruce...I'm not out there trying to get film roles... how about leaving the voice-overs to us voice guys, huh?

PCGAMER: Do you ever feel embarresed for taking some of Bruce Campbell's trademark lines?

JonSt: Ummm... nope. I don't write the scripts --I just lend my voice to them. But you must admit, Duke makes them sound like his own.

chip5541

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2kreative — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:16:51 MST

Long live Duke - still is one of the greatest characters ever!

As for Carmack - Guy is probably more plugged into the games industry than most companies put together. Theres an interesting interview with him here [www.gameinformer.com] worth the read if you have a little time.

2kreative

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Duoae — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:16:39 MST

I'd hit i...er i mean yeah, Duke's still a really popular character - even with all the ribbing...

Duoae

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onidavin — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:05:28 MST

Duke is certainly a memorable character. We've been talking about him without him having a new game for how long now?

onidavin