I’m going to be completely honest…Make plans to play Duke Nukem: Forever. Either now or later, but sometime. Ignore the critics. It doesn’t matter whether they praised or punished the title. Decide for yourself. You alone decide whether it was worth it.

Look, I’m not trying to make excuses. Lord knows I’ve made my own jokes about Duke Nukem: Forever over years. What I’m saying is that this is the holy grail of our video game culture. The mythical title we’ve always being promised, but never actually expected to see. So go into the experience hoping to enjoy it. If you don’t, well then you just take all those hopes and dreams you had for Duke Nukem: Forever and move them over to Starcraft: Ghost. No chance of reality ever crushing them there.

First off, since I received so many requests for print version of the Epic Mickey comic, we’re going to offer it up for a limited time on BigBoomBomb.com. It’s available as an 8″ x 10″ full color print on cardstock.  Also note, this is a test to see if other prints will be available down the road as well. Besides for only $5.95 USD you get a copy of the print and shipping included. Not a bad offer. Check it out!

As far as the comic goes, I honestly have no idea what Duke has been up to for the past decade. But selling his Nukems to get some extra money is as good a guess as any.

I also want to mention that Scarlet Pirate, a female gamer (it makes sense why I mention that if you read her comic and the responses), created this guest comic in response to the comments of the Blue Shell, Blue Balls comic. I really enjoyed receiving this in the email. And on top of that it’s a very creative way to response to the thread going ons. Heck, if I got more stuff like this I’ll have to start a fan art section. Which would also be really cool.

Nonetheless, see you on Thursday…

Side note… I want to say that I’m sorry for the delay with this comic and lack of a Thursday update last week. I was pretty sick over the past week and just didn’t have the energy or motivation. Sorry… But I do what to thank Chris for giving a damn. He’s a really good guy with a great comic.

Good news, though! The NEW Dueling Analogs store is up and running. And is now taking pre-orders for the Rejected Mega Man Villains. Plus, I’ll be adding some new merchandise to the store next week. But why wait ’til next week? Head on over there and check it out TODAY!.

Personally I feel sorry for 3D Realms. Not because they haven’t released the game yet. But because every year that goes by people’s expectations grow and the standard of quality increases. It would have been much better for them if the game would have been released before the Halos, Bioshock, the Metroid Primes and Gears of War. Here’s hoping they’re still up for the challenge and the game doesn’t become another vaporware.

I want to remind people that Dueling Analogs has a really cool forum with a really swell bunch of blokes. I really like talking to current members (trust me I do talk to them as I am the top poster in the forum), but I think it would be even better if we increased the numbers. So do me a favor, join the forum and become an active member. And remember, you can’t enjoy sex if you don’t have an active member… unless you’re lesbians and then you should still join the forum.