Mar 29 2012
In celebration of the recent (ahem) release of Duke Nukem Forever we are pleased to present an exhaustive history of the series that also touches on contemporary titles such as Commander Keen, Doom and Extreme Paintbrawl.
You’ll laugh when we reveal that the series’ signature atomic iconography was actually lifted from the MS-DOS port of Mega Man. You’ll cry as we explore how the open, iterative development process that made Duke Nukem II and 3D such triumphs failed to evolve to meet the demands of triple-A game production. This is an episode no long-haired Texan first-person shooter developer should miss!
The music for this episode comes courtesy of ftp.3drealms.com which, inexplicably, is both live and loaded with bizarre archival content. Check it out!
Old Game Plus Episode 12: Duke Nukem Now, Duke Nukem Forever!