Some of the Shacknews crew are one small evolutionary step away from people who swear they've seen UFOs, the Virgin Mary in their toast, or Elvis at the laundromat. They've seen Duke Nukem Forever. No, we don't mean the underwhelming teaser they dropped last year or, well, that's about all we've seen in the last half-decade; we're talking about the actual game actually running on a modern computer.
They "witnessed several different DNF gameplay scenarios, mechanics, and environments being demonstrated ... including environmental puzzles and interactivity, a host of finished weapons, the existence of an in-game forklift, and plenty of heads and arms being blown off." For those skeptics out there disinclined to believe the existence of such nonsense, we point you towards the following comment by one Mr. George Broussard from developer 3D Realms, posting under the name GeorgeB3DR: "... out of the blue I just decided to show them DNF for about an hour ..."
... right, and we imagine they were also abducted "out of the blue" by a piece of toast with Elvis' face on it right after that. Duke Nukem Forever exists indeed.
Reader Comments (41)
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:50PM FredFredrickson said
Bad movie with awesome quotes!
"Take those chains off her, what are we, barbarians here?"
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"Take those chains off her, what are we, barbarians here?"
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:16PM The Wicker Man said
Alternate headline: "ShackNews sees Duke Nuke'em Forever for-realzies, too bad you never will."
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:41PM Supermanisdead said
This game will be the next Daikatana. You heard it here first!
Ok, probably not first, but you heard it here anyways.
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Ok, probably not first, but you heard it here anyways.
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:52PM FredFredrickson said
I'm surprised anyone here even remembers Daikatana!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 4:02PM (Unverified) said
It supposed to make us Romero's bitches...it didn't.
It turn us into angry pimps,mad and angry pimps!
(Yeah I'm out of 1up granted references here so c'mon vote me up,be cool)
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It turn us into angry pimps,mad and angry pimps!
(Yeah I'm out of 1up granted references here so c'mon vote me up,be cool)
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 4:22PM (Unverified) said
I remember picking it up for the hell of it years ago for 5 bucks. The guy at the counter said, "Are you sure this is the game you're looking for?". The game wasn't the worse i'd ever played, but it wasn't even close to the hype. I got pretty far, then i think i got stuck somewhere and never played it again.
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 2:59PM (Unverified) said
Remember, Team Fortress 2 was in development for 9 years and was called vapourware. Perhaps DNF has gone through a similar design process, and will be just as good as TF2 (although hopefully with less lag).
Ah, who am I kidding? This game will be released when Australia becomes a British colony again.
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Ah, who am I kidding? This game will be released when Australia becomes a British colony again.
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 6:27PM (Unverified) said
On the 360 over a wireless connection, yeah it is!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:00PM (Unverified) said
Is that a cigar? How the hell did he get a cigar?
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:01PM KorvusKorax said
This might need a new word to be attributed to it. I mean what do you call something that was obviously vaporware, become something real? Then again, it isn't out yet is it? Well I hope it does! Here's to Duke Nukem (it's taking) Forever!
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Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:18PM (Unverified) said
Ive seen Duke Nukem and Ill take you there.
You're going the wrong way!!!
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You're going the wrong way!!!
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:34PM DonaldMick said
11 years ago today.
The acronym "DNF" is so apropos...
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The acronym "DNF" is so apropos...
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 3:53PM Withad said
I had a go on Duke Nukem Forever once. Lord Lucan had got his hands on a copy from some time travelling aliens and we managed to get into the online mode.
There was only one server with two guys in it. 3lvis was pretty good but Sh3rg4r played like he couldn't even work a keyboard and mouse.
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There was only one server with two guys in it. 3lvis was pretty good but Sh3rg4r played like he couldn't even work a keyboard and mouse.
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 4:05PM (Unverified) said
Twinkie house!!!
(Out of topic what's up with the ads,suddenly when I was about to post a comment the whole scrren turned black,I thought my computer had something wrong but it was an ad of something.I don't know what was it since I close it A.S.A.P)
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(Out of topic what's up with the ads,suddenly when I was about to post a comment the whole scrren turned black,I thought my computer had something wrong but it was an ad of something.I don't know what was it since I close it A.S.A.P)
Posted: Apr 29th 2008 4:34PM Fullmetal Salchemist said
I for one hope Duke Nukem Forever never gets made. It's become something of an inside joke with gamers. Something websites mention and we all giggle (especially those of us old enough to remember when the game was first announced). If the game ever does get released, it's pretty much guaranteed that it won't live up to 10+ years of expectations, and it will simply fade out of our memory.
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Posted: May 1st 2008 10:47PM (Unverified) said
In game forklifts are the new Giant Mutant Crabs!
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 11:03AM (Unverified) said
I'm more shocked that Shacknews still exists...
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Posted: Apr 30th 2008 4:19PM Frankenstein Black said
Duke Nukem ForNever will be ready in, um, 2012!
Thank you Mayans for the heads up...
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Thank you Mayans for the heads up...
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