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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-May-2022 09:19:22 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Press kit images leaked together with a 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-May-2022 13:27:15 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Jake Rodkin

     @ja2ke I'm much more surprised by the amount of tiny details and work they've put into things they really shouldn't have at that point in development. Sure, a fully functioning and voiced vending machine, a computer that sends a *real* email to you, and a console window that opens with fancy animation for some reason are all cool, but the project was clearly mismanaged right from the get go.

   • Jake Rodkin (ja2ke@idlethumbs.social)'s status on Tuesday, 10-May-2022 13:27:16 UTC Jake Rodkin

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     @dosnostalgic Fascinating to see this 20 years later. Tech- and idea-wise it really looks like a missing link between HL1 and 2, or like an evolutionary branch that was growing off in another direction right then, from that relatively short window between HL1 setting the ground rules for “cinematic first person,” and HL2/Far Cry’s shader- and physics-engine-driven aesthetic that would become the norm basically forever afterwards.