# Duke Nukem Forever: Pushed Back **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 24, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856 "2011-03-24T16:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/1 "2011-03-24T16:41:52Z")
Just found out today for all you looking forward to the game that it has been pushed back until [June](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/03/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back-to-june/1). Is anyone really surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/2 "2011-03-24T16:43:44Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Just found out today for all you looking forward to the game that it has been pushed back until [June](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/03/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back-to-june/1). > > Is anyone really surprised? June…2027 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/3 "2011-03-24T17:41:27Z")
They give the game an acronym of DNF and anyone was EVER surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/4 "2011-03-24T18:18:48Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Just found out today for all you looking forward to the game that it has been pushed back until [June](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/03/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back-to-june/1). > > Is anyone really surprised? Too funny. \*Stunned \*I am, absolutely _stunned_! I used to love Duke Nukem, but I can’t say yet whether I will buy it. It is so late I am thinking it can’t possibly live up to my memories or expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/5 "2011-03-24T20:32:23Z")
How can that be? I was promised a May delivery date! Promised, solemnly. To me that constitutes a contract. I should sue them for their failure to deliver on time. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/6 "2011-03-25T00:01:42Z")
In the, what, 12 years since it was supposed to come out, I stopped giving a shit about generic first person shooters. I can’t possibly be the only one. I played Goldeneye to death, and three incarnations of Halo. How is this going to be anymore than “meh?” ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/7 "2011-03-25T00:18:57Z")
You’re not the only one. That’s why they delayed it. No one is going to buy it when it’s up against Brink and LA Noire. Much better to release it in an empty June. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/8 "2011-03-25T02:17:15Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > You’re not the only one. That’s why they delayed it. No one is going to buy it when it’s up against Brink and LA Noire. Much better to release it in an empty June. Brink looks like it could be my next big purchase, although Crysis 2 is unexpectedly good. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/9 "2011-03-25T03:45:01Z")
It’s just living up to our expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/10 "2011-03-25T03:47:40Z")
_dies laughing_ Maybe Gearbox never intended on finishing it, and their marketing department acquired it for the purposes of publicity through using it as performance art. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/11 "2011-03-25T10:12:50Z")
Inconceivable! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/12 "2011-03-25T11:24:43Z")
When software I’m working on gets delayed, I always think “not as bad as DNF” Brian ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/13 "2011-03-25T12:50:54Z")
We’ve failed to notice the fine print: it’s actually “ **Duke Nukem Takes Forever** ” ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/14 "2011-03-25T22:34:25Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Just found out today for all you looking forward to the game that it has been pushed back until [June](http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/03/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back-to-june/1). June? So I have to decide between buying it or buying _A Dance With Dragons_? Dear me, this will be a tough choice. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/15 "2011-03-28T06:44:31Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > June? So I have to decide between buying it or buying _A Dance With Dragons_? Dear me, this will be a tough choice. You’re worrying about whether to buy DN:F or GRRM’s next book? Something tells me that you won’t have to worry about either in June… or perhaps this year at all. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/16 "2011-03-28T12:32:28Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > In the, what, 12 years since it was supposed to come out, I stopped giving a shit about generic first person shooters. I can’t possibly be the only one. I played Goldeneye to death, and three incarnations of Halo. How is this going to be anymore than “meh?” You can throw poop in DNF. Betcha Goldeneye didn’t offer you that. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/17 "2011-03-28T17:59:54Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > We’ve failed to notice the fine print: it’s actually “ **Duke Nukem Takes Forever** ” Aha! Maybe Duke’s been playing Warcraft all this time! It would explain this: [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/outhouse01.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/outhouse01.jpg) [http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/outhouse02.jpg](http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/outhouse02.jpg) :D:p ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/18 "2011-03-28T18:00:46Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > You can throw poop in DNF. Betcha Goldeneye didn’t offer you that. Well, not _poop_. I mean, look at the name. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duke-nukem-forever-pushed-back/575856/19 "2011-03-28T22:15:26Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Well, not _poop_. I mean, look at the name. Goldeneye? Apparently that’s a scene in DNF too.