When I signed up to attend Penny Arcade Expo 2010, the last thing I expected at the show was to be the recipient of virtual double fellatio. But I guess that’s just because — like the rest of the world — I had no idea that I’d actually be playing a real, live demo of Duke Nukem Forever.
And hell, why would I? Supposedly the perpetually delayed game died (forever) last year under a fusillade of bankruptcy, legal maneuvers, and desperate bailouts by developer 3D Realms and publisher 2K Games. While there were rumors that Gearbox had been tasked with salvaging the game, I don’t think anyone could have predicted that we’d see the fruits of their labors quite so soon. And, honestly, the name Duke Nukem Forever has become inextricably associated with failure and empty promises, so even if we’d been told that a playable demo of DNF would be showing up at PAX, I don’t think most people would have believed it.
