I found this pretty awesome visual journey threw the evolution of the Photoshop gooie, on deviant art, you guys have to check this out, it's pretty cool.
Can't say I'm entirely surprised, given the state of the game, but still... it shows once again how bad things really are.
Quote:Scott Boras, Ramirez's agent, told ESPN's Peter Gammons that his client did not test positive for steroids, but for a drug that was prescribed by a doctor for a medical condition.
Quote:Update: Apogee Software and Deep Silver have issued a statement to Shacknews, confirming that there is a "situation at 3D Realms" but stressing they are not affected.
"Deep Silver and Apogee Software are not affected by the situation at 3D Realms," a representative for the companies has told us. "Development on the Duke Nukem Trilogy is continuing as planned."
In development at Frontline Studios, the Duke Nukem Trilogy represents three new Nintendo DS and PSP titles, with the first, Critical Mass, hitting in September. The trilogy is separate from Duke Nukem Forever, which was in the works at 3D Realms proper.
Original story: A very reliable source close to Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms today confirmed to Shacknews that the development studio has been shut down.
The closure came about as a result of funding issues, our source explained, with the shut down said to affect both 3D Realms and the recently resurrected Apogee. Employees of both entities have already been let go.
Phone calls and e-mails to various 3D Realms veterans have thus far gone unanswered, with 3D Realms publishing partner Take-Two and Apogee partner Deep Silver likewise unavailable for comment.
The orders here don't mean a lot. This was inspired by watching some original-series Inspector Gadget episodes again... that show's still great... :)
Cartoon shorts
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1. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies
2. Disney
3. Tom & Jerry
Television cartoons (for kids)
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1. TMNT (original series)
2. Inspector Gadget (original series only)
3. Scooby-Doo (original or the newest TV series)
Television cartoons (for adults)
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1. Futurama
2. Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century
3. The Simpsons (I guess, those two are way ahead really)
4. The Flintstones
As far as movies, I really don't know... Disney's the best at that, though.
Yesterday (the 28th) was the official anniversary, technically, and the 26th was the anniversary of the first day people who preordered (like me) could play the full final retail version.
And that's just since the official release, it'll be the fifth anniversary of the first public test open beta (when I first played the game) next month.
Amazing... it's already been that long? It doesn't feel it... it's still the best game released since, well, Guild Wars came out. Starcraft II will beat it I'm sure, but until then, nothing else matches it. I haven't been playing it all that much in the last year or two, compared to previously (I'm only at a thousand hours total, including beta) and haven't yet finished two of the four campaigns (though I am two thirds of the way through one of those two), but still, it's an amazing, amazing game that I still love. Because of the anniversary I've started playing again, and played over four hours yesterday... it's such an addictive game, it's so easy to play for a long time without even noticing...
The music and art design is as great as ever, too. Just amazing stuff, and it's great to see the game doing so well. :)
I swear, I thought for years that Angelfire had just deleted this page (as with most of the others I had). Yet, it still lives, and has been consuming resources on their servers for almost ten glorious years!
Still, I was a pretty terrific webmaster in my day.
Or "Geoshitties" as it was often called. I thought this died out long ago. In the Facebook and Blog and Twitter age, I'm not sure I even know anybody with a personal website anymore.
For a little nostalgia, here's a quintessentially late-90's Geocities webpage I found a few months ago: http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/4076/. I sure do miss "About Me" pages and guest books. :(
