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The Nuking of Duke Nukem 325

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @10:01AM from the nero-fiddles-for-the-soundtrack dept.

Rick Bentley writes with more on the story behind the meltdown of Duke Nukem Forever, the game that will now live on only as a cautionary tale: "Although the shutdown was previously reported on Slashdot, this new Wired article goes in-depth behind the scenes to paint a picture of a mushroom cloud-sized implosion. Developers spending a decade in a career holding pattern for below market salary with 'profit sharing' incentives, no real project deadlines, a motion capture room apparently used to capture the motion of strippers (the new game was to take place in a strip club, owned by Duke, that gets attacked by aliens), and countless crestfallen fans. *Sniff*, I would have played that game."

Submission + - 787 Takes First Flight (thestreet.com)

Submitted by Aquineas on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @04:17PM

Aquineas writes: Only a couple of years late, at 10:30am PST Boeing's 787 Dreamliner finally flew today in Everett, Washington.

Submission + - Google's New Years party?

Submitted by zcomuto on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @03:03PM

zcomuto writes: It seems google may be doing something for New Year's. On their homepage, clicking "I'm feeling lucky" will result in seeing a string of numbers, counting down in seconds. At the time of writing, it is at roughly 1.4 milion seconds — the end of which is, give or take, New Years.

Submission + - Zelda: The Hero of Time Debut (dailymotion.com)

Submitted by zcomuto on Monday December 14, 2009 @01:10PM

zcomuto writes: Following the public debut of the comically low-budget Zelda: Hero of Time fan movie, it is now publically available for free to stream today, with a torrent download coming in the next few weeks. As the title may suggest to some, it has a loose basis on Ocarina of Time. For those wishing to watch it, they can do so below.

Submission + - Chandrayaan-1 finds organic matter in the Moon (dnaindia.com)

Submitted by Titoxd on Monday December 14, 2009 @01:05PM

Titoxd writes: DNA India reports that data collected from the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 might have found "signs of life in some form or the other on the Moon". Chandrayaan-1's sensors detected organic matter signatures shortly before its Moon Impact Probe crashed into the lunar surface late last year. Interestingly, the article points out that Apollo 11 found similar traces back in 1969.

Submission + - Could Google Phone Mark End of Network Domination (daniweb.com)

Submitted by rsmiller510 on Monday December 14, 2009 @12:04PM

rsmiller510 writes: The rumored Google Phone would not only provide an open source phone powered by Android, it could actually free us from the control of the large network providers at the same time.

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