Being a die hard Duke Nukem 3D fan, it’s probably no surprise that I almost physically leapt at the opportunity to attend a Duke Nukem Forever (AKA DNF) question and answer session at BAFTA headquarters a couple of nights ago. Fellow writer Jokesound and I managed to squeeze ourselves into the sell-out event to get some hands on time with DNF, ask a couple of questions and meet CEO of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford. So how did it go? Read [...]
Something that has become a bigger and more pressing issue in the world of games recently is the portrayal of women. After the “dickwolves” saga Penny-Arcade went through and some of my favoured sites like GJAIF harping on and on about similar issues, I found it increasingly difficult to keep silent on the issue. With the newest ‘controversy’ arising recently, I felt that even though I’m about as qualified to talk about this as I am to pilot a submarine, [...]
While there’s always plenty of news to go around, sometimes there’s information that’s just not quite enough to fulfill the requirements of a full article. So today, I thought I’d give you a round-up of many little bits of information floating around the gaming universe that may be of interest… Alice: Madness Returns A sequel to creepy cult PC title American McGee’s Alice, Alice: Madness Returns is an upcoming sequel set in the world of Alice in Wonderland – albeit [...]
A while back I did a full history of how Duke Nukem forever came about and its 13 year struggle to finally get a confirmed release date. Even though I was the ripe old age of 10 years old back in 1998 when Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) was first announced, I was pretty excited for a 10-year-old, mainly because I loved watching my Dad play the game and make levels with the level editor. But now it has been confirmed [...]
So some of you FPS fans are probably every now and again playing the old Duke Nukem 3D, as it’s the only true first person Duke game you have. Previously You have probably been looking at your watch sitting in a darkened corner of your room between bouts of Halo and Duke Nukem 3D staring at your time device for 13 years. Why? This is because you have been waiting for the next FPS game in the Duke Nukem franchise, [...]
Thought it would be a good idea for the blog to have a news round up every week for the news that we neglected to mension and to keep people nice and up to date about the blog itself as well as games Plus XP on Twitter! Yep thats right folks plus xp now has a twitter page to keep you upto date with posts from the blog as well as dropping in new info as we hear it. Follow [...]
