Sweet!!!!! Only took 12-years and the GearBox Studio to whip Duke into shape...

Gearbox is rather pleased with how it's doing. Say studio boss Randy Pitchford: "I am thrilled to be in a position with the trust, power and means to make it happen. Am I crazy? Balls of steel, baby, balls of steel!"

Read the rest of the Announcement here: It's alive! Duke Nukem Forever breaks out of vapour trail... Thanks to The Register for the article...


Now I wonder if I still have the desire to even purchase it and play it... Hmmmm We'll have to see, we'll have to see...

Here's a more detailed story on how all this came about, thank to Totaku for the link...

How Duke Nukem Forever Was Brought Back To Life...

Labels: Duke Nukem, video game

Been really busy with a new hobby but I did have some time to spend with Mass Effect 2 (Demo) tho I'm not a fan of 3rd person the graphics I find are very good and the scenery is really well done... If it was 1st person I'd prolly jump right on it...

haha...




And for you MST3K Die Hard Fans, maybe you need a pair of these and you can get your FIX on any bad TV Movie...

The only game I got to play on a Mac all those years ago was "Marathon" a 3D style Shooter that came after Wolfenstein 3D... I didn't think much of it at the time as I was a PC guy but it was kinda fun and I never got to play "Oregon Trail" which I had heard so much about...

So anyway we are all in luck now since the guys at WPM Productions have come up with a nifty idea that all of us can now play almost all those old APPLE ][ Games within our web browsers... Their ActiveGS emulator and disk images are used for Internet Explorer and there are Add-ons for Firefox & Safari... I must note since I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 Firefox did not find a suitable plugin so I would have to manually download it then install... Bummer, guess I'll have to do it later... hahaha

So anyways pop on over to their site and have some Old School fun.... Click the Linky: Virtual Apple ][... Oregon Trail is in their list so you fans are in luck...


And if you miss "Marathon" really badly you can get the Trilogy here: Marathon Trilogy Release.. Of course there is a version of Marathon 2 there for all you PC users...


Oh!!!!, I forgot since we are on the subject of Video Games, did any of you know that Mario & the Princess had a Sex Tape???... Well they do and it's, umm well pretty "Graphic" hahaha...

So without future ado, here's the linky: Mario and Princess Sex Tape... I really don't think this can be considered "NSFW" but ya never know so enjoy!!!


Now for something I guess you could say would be Useful to Pet Owners but a huge embarrassment to any Dog that has any sense of what his fellow Canines think of him...

I present to you: The PooTrap...


I am so so so glad I am not a dog!!!!!! hahahaha


Enjoy...

Labels: 3d, adventure, games, linux, mac, osx, pc, Shooter, video, windows

John Romero of ID Software fame got a hold of an old video of him playing the original Doom video game before it was even finished... It's about 21-minutes long and pretty interesting with the others from ID watching him play and commenting on various things...

So if you got time to kill and I'm sure most everyone does, "clicky on the pic" and enjoy the footage.. One note: You get to see a lot of ID's offices tho John Rockin' out with Doom is a ways into the video...

Enjoy




I'm not even finished getting through Doom III and I find out ID is getting Doom 4 ready for release... Geeze!!! where have I been?... You can read the blurb here: id expecting to sign Doom 4 deal 'later this year,' publisher unknown... The stories from Joystiq so ya gotta know it's true... hahaha

And for you MAC Freaks (I'm a closet Mac freak) here's something I'm sure you just can't live without... Your very own "Plush" Steve Jobs Doll... I mean come on now, Steve Jobs is a "GOD" isn't he???... hahaha here's the Linky: Plush Jobs Doll...

Just think of the fun you will have with ol' Steve sitting next to your beloved Mac and going through his Reality Distortion Field routine every day just for you...

Oh yeah, since we are all Gamers & Cooks here.. Hmmm, well I don't know about you guys but I do have to cook for myself... Anyways if you happen to like baking and just putting junk in the oven to see if it melts or not you have to have a pair of these: Pac-Man Oven Mitt... Are those cool or what?... hahaha

Oven Mitt's not your thing?, well look at the link for more gaming related stuff that will lighten your wallet for sure... We Love Video Games...

More Later...

Labels: doom, doom 3, doom 4, games, jobs, pc, video

Well I'm hoping this thing works out for us that can't afford to purchase new components or computers every time someone comes out with a game like Crysis that won't run on anything short of a main frame...

One of the biggest things that attracts me to this service is the fact it will, supposedly works on old PC's & Mac's and I would assume there would be Linux support at some time tho you never know...

“OnLive’s system seeks to take things one step further by handling all the computation on remote servers instead of on home-based consoles or PCs. This would allow gamers to play games across the network instead of shelling out cash for the latest console or high-end PC. OnLive claims to have developed a data compression technology that means games can be run on powerful internet servers and the data streamed over the internet instantaneously for display at home so that the latest resource hungry games can be played on a low end system as long as it has a fast internet connection.”

Article source here: via Gizmag, Onlive's Homepage here: OnLive

Barring any major disasters this could be a great thing for us that do not have the funds to keep shelling out for our gaming addiction and not to bore you with my words any longer just check out the Source link to read their detailed story and views on the upcoming service and check out OnLive's Homepage...

Not sure how many of you still haven't filed your Income tax for 2008 but if I was you I would avoid using H&R Block and trying out their “refund anticipation loan”... Seems one unlucky fellow didn't listen to The Consumerists Advice and got sucked in... This is an interesting story and everyone should probably read it as it seems every Retail Store and every other kind of service out there are trying to screw us the best they can to make a few extra bucks for themselves...

HR Blocks Refund Anticipation Loan Card Eats Your Refund...

And if ya wanna read about another “Ripoff” this article will make you stop and look before you ever just think what your paying for has some reason for being more expensive when it's exactly the same process and size... Walgreens Doesn't Want You to Print Your Own Passport Photo...

As for Gadgets I think everyone would like to have one of these, just for the satisfaction of using it... George Bush Toilet Brush... And if that wasn't Wacky enough for ya then maybe you really need a Paper Airplane Launcher ...






Enjoy...

Labels: controller, games, onlive, streaming, video

Castle Wolfenstein was my very first game and from then on I was hooked... Next it was the Duke Nukem Series and before Duke Nukem 3D came out I was hooked on Rise of the Triad (ROTT)... ROTT had some innovative game play like the trampolines, a real God Mode where you could throw Fireballs and other neat things and the funny Dog Mode which came in handy many times...

Well I could have tried DOSBox to gets some of those games running but I never figured out how to use it... I did stumble upon a Duke Nukem 3D Port over at JanoF's Games and Stuff, and a link to the High Resolution Pack for the game here: Duke Nukem High Resolution Pack and I was a happy camper but I still wanted to play Rise of the Triad and a few others...

I was surfing around like I usually do and ran across this site: GOG.COM and what did I find you ask??? Well they have a pretty good sized collection of those old games that they have fixed the code for and got working with Windows XP & VISTA using DOSBox ... COOL I'd say!!!

So if you got the hunger why not drop on by their site and see if you can find any of your old favorites... The Price is Right on these games for sure... $5.99 each for hours of fun that could bring back some of your early gaming excitement, just purchase and download it couldn't get any easier than that... You can check out their Game Catalogue here: GOG Game Catalogue...

You still here???? what are you waiting for get over there!!!... hahahaha


If your looking to hang onto your money for a while and you like Hot Tea maybe you should waste it on a set of these when they come out: The T-Man Tea Strainer or you could really waste it and buy these: USB Buffalo Speakers tho I'm not really sure they are worth the $13 plus shipping tho you may like them...

If you got Squirrels running around your yard and climbing the trees and your basically tired of seeing them naked on a daily basis you could always get a few pairs of these for them: Squirrel Underpants , hey what the hell you wouldn't be the one to have to wash them and the squirrels would look a little less naked to you and your neighbors... What a deal for $5.99!!! Hahahahaha

More later...

Labels: dos, Duke Nukem, fallout, freespace, games, rott, video duke