I was never really into the shooter scene until recently. I’ve taken notice to the fair number of them coming out of the last two or three years. Yeah, there are a lot of shooters before now, but it just feels like we’re overwhelmed with them, huh? No worries, I’ll give you the low-down on what to get from now and then.

Duke Nukem 3D

If you’ve ever played a Duke Nukem game, you’d know why I’m recommending it. The games are pretty damn good. You play as the lovable Duke, who returns from fighting aliens to find his lovable planet turned into a not so lovable wasteland. You gotta shoot the aliens up, saves the babes, watch the porn, drink the brews. The game has an amazing sense of humor, quoting movies like Dirty Harry and Duke’s phrases. If anything, pick this one up for the laughs. It’s originally on the PC where it has a ton of expansions, and it was on the PS1, N64 and a few other consoles under different names.
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As usual, 3DRealms keeps it tight with just the tiniest bits of information on this game, although “tiny” may not be the operative word here.

You would not believe the trouble I went through with this.

I love the way they’re handling this game’s PR because it drives me crazy.

Just as I’m about to forget about the game again, they throw down some business and get me all hyped. This process will repeat until I die of old age. At this point though, I don’t care about the wait, I don’t care how good it is, and I don’t even care what kind of game it’s going to be.

I just want to play it. Nothing else matters.