Duke Nukem Forever Gameplay Footage Leaked 189
Tjeerd writes, "It seems that while 3D Realms is dead, some new footage has been leaked of Duke Nukem Forever." 3D Realms posted a brief good-bye to their website, and two of the developers have hosted screenshots and concept art from DNF on their personal blogs. Also, for those who haven't seen it yet, there's an entertaining list of things that have happened during DNF's development cycle.
Re:I'm disappointed (Score:5, Informative)
One would expect that after this many years in development, the game designers might have been able to put in some exceptionally complex technology that allowed things not seen in previous games.
No, no, no. The original Duke Nukem 3D came out with Quake. Duke 3D was sprite based whereas Quake was a full 3D game in Technicolor Brown(tm). Duke 3d was *fun* to play, whereas Quake was meh. Duke 3D had fun weapons (pipe bombs, shrink rays), potty humor, strippers, etc., whereas Quake just had advanced graphics and mediocre game play.
Technology isn't as important as having fun factor, and Duke 3D had fun factor in spades, especially when you include the Duke 3D expansion packs.
Re:I hope the game escapes the collapse. (Score:1, Informative)
Oh, definitely. I just recall that the original rationalisation for copyright was that if artists did not get compensated for their work, then they wouldn't be able to continue to produce art, and thus that we would all suffer culturally. Hence, by the original rationale, copyright shouldn't apply in this situation.
A common, but flawed understanding. The rationale for copyright serves creating a system of statutory copyright. Part of that rationale was to relieve the transactional and legal burdens associated with the determination of ownership--copyright is specifically and intentionally not subject to a quantification of the value of individual works.
It is a fallacious argument to suggest that "copyright" should or should not apply on a case-by-case basis based on the subjective valuation of a particular work. Copyright itself is the answer to the cultural problem. The value or lack thereof of any particular work has never been part of that calculus.
Passing judgment on what is individually worth protecting out of the class of creative and scientific works is largely why a broad statutory scheme was created in the first place.
Re:DNWC (Score:3, Informative)
If you COULD care less implies some level of caring.
Here's a handy guide to the caring continuum, for quick reference when you are in doubt:
http://incompetech.com/gallimaufry/care_less.html [incompetech.com]
To sum up
"Could care less" = Might care a LOT
"Couldn't care less" = Do not care at all