Duke Nukem Forever

[Colin McGregor]

This evening I attended a meeting (Toronto Free-Net Board meeting)
which finished before 9:00 PM so I was able to stick my nose into one
of the big box electronics shops downtown. While there I actually held
in my hands a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" for the PC, no joke!

For those who don't know the story here,  "Duke Nukem Forever" has
been coming real soon now for some 15 (yes, 15) years, details to be
seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever . "Duke
Nukem Forever" has become the poster child for vaporware (software
promised but not delivered).

I have fond memories of playing "Duke Nukem 3D" against my brother
over 10 years ago, and if I were still running MS Windows I would have
been very tempted to buy a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" just for the
sake of nostalgia. Still I wonder, while I don't doubt there are some
gamers who would buy the new game because they remember the old, I
imagine that is a fairly modest market. So I will be interested in
hearing how this game sells, as I assume most of the buyers will be
viewing this as a totally new game...

Oh, and in the words of the Duke (before shooting one of the aliens in
the game) "Come get some, baby!". :-) .


Colin McGregor
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