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Duke Nukem In-Development 4ever

As seen on Evil Avatar:

The History and Timeline of Duke Nukem 4ever as written by Syfer on the 3dRealms forums.

Some Choice Quotes from the timeline:

Janurary 1997: Work on DNF started.*

Late 1999: 3DR announces upgrade to UT level tech. It is expected to take two weeks. 3DR releases a Christmas card saying that DNF will be released in 2000.

Unknown 2002: Broussard states that DNF will definitely be out before DooM 3.

Late 2003/early 2004: Take 2 complains about DNF development and expects it around “late 2005”. “At this point we’re just hoping the team [in garland] will finish the project.”

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The Passion of the Clerks

Tomorrow, Clerks X is released on DVD. This 10th anniversary edition of Kevin Smith’s Clerks is the definitive version of the movie including the original cut of the film shown at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the version released in theaters.

But wait, there’s more! Kevin Smith has been hinting that he would be doing a “small project” prior to Green Hornet. And it’s a sequel to Clerks, tentatively titled “The Passion of the Clerks”. (Link to press release on Kevin Smith’s site, View Askew).

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What a weekend

The server’s back. And better than before. 340 gigs of loving, properly configured this time so if I have to replace the OS the data should stay (well, most of it).

Highlights of getting the server (silwenae.net) back online:

DHCP working

Firewall working

Basic homepage up

My blog up

Messed around for hours with my blog trying to import b2evo into WordPress. No go.

Messed around some more with styles for my blog.

Installed Alex’s blog

Installed Zoe’s blog

Installed gallery for the family pictures.

Put the pictures of our Packer training camp visit into gallery

Reconfigured the three wireless networks (Linksys & D-Link 802.11g, D-Link 802.11a)

Spent a couple hours trying to get

Hello world!

I’m back! It’s taken a while, but the blog is back. More to come soon.

Speaking of Opus

I liked the comic this morning. I thought it was a really good way to re-introduce the old penguin.

I submitted the MSNBC interview link to Slashdot on Friday about Opus, but they didn’t take mine, and posted someone elses yesterday. And it was my first ever submission too! At least I had mod points at the time.

Jumping the Shark

I think Inside the Actor’s Studio has jumped the shark.

I have my TiVo set to record all of the new episodes, and the latest one with the cast of Will & Grace, was disappointing.

About 6 months ago, NBC bought out Bravo (as you can see from the re-airings of West Wing, Boomtown, and the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy partnership).

If NBC hadn’t bought Bravo, would we have seen the cast of Will & Grace on Inside the Actor’s Studio? Probably not. As one of the anchor’s for NBC’s Must See TV Thursday night, and soon to be “the” anchor with the demise of Friends after this season, I believe NBC used the Actor’s Studio to help position Will & Grace.

At the beginning of the show during the interviews, James Lipton even introduces the President of Bravo (and VP of NBC) who is sitting in the audience.

The show itself wasn’t bad – I might not care for Will & Grace, but with the 4 lead actors they also had the two main writers, and James Burroughs (director). It was interesting to hear them talk and James Burroughs is an icon himself, with his work on Taxi, and directing 75% of all Cheers episodes.

I can appreciate NBC flexing their marketing muscle. And I understand why they purchased Bravo. But I think it’s unfortunate that the one show that should have remained pure and free from marketing bias was affected.

(And I’m still waiting for the anniversary episode that Will Ferrell referred to on Dinner for Five on IFC – where Will Ferrell (as James Lipton) interviews James Lipton!)