Recently in the Videogame Department:
May 28, 2011
Hail to the King, Baby!
After one final delay (see Gearbox studio head Randy Pitchford's gracious apology), the long, long, long awaited video game Duke Nukem Forever (a.k.a. "The Chinese Democracy of video games") is scheduled to ship on June 14, and it's already gone gold in pre-orders.
Check out the latest trailer:
I think I actually prefer this older trailer which came out a few months ago:
I am beside myself.
September 6, 2010
Born to Rock the World
In a rather amazing development in the video gaming world, Gearbox Software has announced that they are going to finish the long-awaited video game Duke Nukem Forever.
I think Duke Nukem was the first big modern 3D shooter avatar. Up until the release of Duke Nukem 3D, you mostly played first-person shooters as your silent self. But Duke Nukem had lines. Funny lines, with pop-culture references. Duke was violent, sarcastic, and politically incorrect. Everybody does that nowadays, but the Duke did it way back then, and it was amazing.
There were several expansion packs and upgrades in the Duke Nukem franchise, but right after the original Duke Nukem 3D came out, the makers announced that the next major release would have some groundbreaking new features, and it would be called Duke Nukem Forever. After several missed release dates, 3D Realms announced that them game would be released "when it's done."
That was in 2001. Since the original announcement of Duke Nukem Forever, it's been thirteen years.
Now Gearbox has the rights, and they say they'll release it next year. We've heard that before. They say it's almost done and just needs some polishing. We've heard that before too.
Granted, this is Gearbox, and they've done some impressive work -- parts of the Half-Life, Brothers in Arms, Borderland -- but I think I speak for Duke fans everywhere when I say I won't really believe it until I kill my first alien invader...
March 10, 2007
Little Big Planet
Little Big Planet is a pretty cool looking new videogame for the Playstation 3 from Media Molecule. Here's an explanation of the game by its inventors, which shows how multiple players can cooperate to build their own game environment. You can watch the developers explain a level they built as they play through it or, if you don't want the whole explanation, you can just watch the game play trailer for the level.
December 1, 2006
Activision Promo
Hey kids, check out this preview of the cutting edge of video games...25 years ago.
Update: That was considered realism back then. Now go here and click on "Media" to see what Activision's been up to lately.
September 23, 2005
SimCity: New Orleans
Someone has a little too much time on their hands:
Screenshot (Safe for work, but it plays music.)
(Hat Tip: Pete Guither)
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