I was more than a little amazed to discover that the #1 game for the day on Gamespot the other day was Duke Nukem Forever.

Let me get this out of my system:
Duke Nukem Forever and everyone associated with it is the laughing stock of the video games industry.

I don't care if you're laughing or not, the above statement is a freaking tautology at this point. It's gotten so bad that even John Romero is allowed to laugh at it. Even the guys behind the aptly named Phantom console are laughing at them.

If Take-Two is really in such dire straits that all they can think of is providing investment incentive to 3DRealms for completing a veritable piece of vaporware to get themselves out of the hole, they're in much bigger trouble than you think.

In other news, I'm confronted with the reality of how much I really failed to review during my sabattical. Sigh. Better get to work...