Duke Nukem (among other classic PC games) will go down in my personal history as one of the first gaming addictions I had. That was fifteen freaking years ago with my old 386 computer. Then Duke Nukem 3D came out and became a must-play for hormonally-raging adolescent due to pixelated flaming titties – a real upside compared to the old Doom titles.

Kudos to 3D Realms for that (and for developing the shareware concept and FPS granddaddy Wolfenstein 3D). News has been around that the company is developing a Duke Nukem follow-up dubbed Duke Nukem forever. But all dreams of that coming out dies as 3D Realms calls it quits.

Lack of funds has been cited as the reason behind the pulled-plug. But talk about slug-paced software development for this one. Duke Nukem Forever had been in development for 12 years and has earned the ridicule of the whole industry. Publisher Take-Two Interactive will remain to have publishing rights but there seems to be no hint of the game ever making it out.

It would’ve been nice if Duke Nukem Forever had been 3D Realms’ last hurrah. Too bad they made a total hash of things.

Source: BBC

Holy sh*t! The age of open source is nigh. And I just hoped that this was the case years ago. Yeah, so I started my computer gaming career more than a decade ago when the best games were Frogger, and, if you’re lucky, Prince of Persia. Then came Wolfenstein 3D and then Doom. Sometime during that era were spin-offs like Heretic and Hexen.

I love revisiting my childhood but getting those games always meant having to resort to some “creative” ways. Now you don’t have to as they’ve finally released Heretic and Hexen under full GNU Public License. And this means a lot to those gamers looking for an old school fix.

Not can you download and play the darned games, we’re now all free to modify and distribute the source code as we wish. That means no more breaking the law to enjoy these 3D FPS classics. Get the source codes over at their Sourceforge page.

Source: Rip Ten

A few years ago, I always dreamed of having a pen tablet. Working in my former office, I had the chance to use those then-swanky Wacom Intuos2 6×8 pen tablets. But since I’m not an artist, I eventually just reverted back to mousing. That was until that craze over stylus-driven gadgets emerged.

If you’re looking into getting a pen tablet that goes well with your mobile computing needs, Genius just released this G-Pen F350 ULTRA SLIM. It’s a 3×5 tablet complete with a stylus. But don’t let the size deceive you. This thing allows you to sketch, draw, sign, scribble, slice, dice and make fluffy pancakes. Okay, so the last three, only a rabid person will do to this thing but I has a few more features.

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