May 6th 2009 05:42 am I'd like them to say something at least. "We have no idea when it will be ready." or "It's Duke Nukem ready." This just leaves me wondering if the whole game has been scraped. May 6th 12:27pm - 3dRealms announce they are shuttting down due to lack of funding.

May 6th 2009 05:42 am I'd like them to say something at least. "We have no idea when it will be ready." or "It's Duke Nukem ready." This just leaves me wondering if the whole game has been scraped. May 6th 12:27pm - 3dRealms announce they are shuttting down due to lack of funding. So, what are you saying that HH now has eleven and a half more years of saying "we're working on it" and release a couple screenshots every five years or so and then they will shut down. 3D realms has nothing ot do with PAA 3.

Yes that is what I'm saying. Hot Head has eleven and a half more years of saying "we're working on it".. etc. To paraphrase a quote from some movie "Torian, you truly are the king of kings!" Or by that statement I could have meant they were saying "it is not coming out anytime soon." Either one would suffice.

Teburninator, sorry if it looked like I was responding to you. I was actually responding to Ravenid. The whole being bummed out about 3D realms thing pisses me off.

No worries. But you still are "the king of kings!" "Hail to the king, baby!" -Duke Nukem

Ok, judging from the amount of "returning characters" in the PA, and all of the great characters that died in the fruit fucker attack Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler (Mime doctor, Urinologist, robot doctor, the original FF creator, and the gigantic FF itself) (Also, Charles, although I'm not entirely sure he's dead.) I think we can expect to see quite a few new environments and people in the third episode. I would guess that Dr. Blood will become the next Villain, and that he will somehow awaken a Deepcrow (the third God?) (since that was foreshadowed in the beginning of Episode 2, just as the crazy asylum was foreshadowed in the first) Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler I was awfully sad to see the last of the fruitF***ers, so I hope they come back for an encore. This is a big guess, but judging from the text in the very first episode I think the narrator will be the fourth God. Spoiler: show spoiler hide spoiler I am spoilering to be polite. I think this because on of the first things the Narrator says to you sounds like it comes straight from the Necrowombicon. "Bog Ramun"

Well, I must say this ep.3 will be out they will probably have some word of it at PAX09, and as for 3D realms, maybe someone else will pick up DNF(It's a highhope,that will probably crash and burn.) I mean, they're popular, so I don't see why they wouldn't make it and have it out, or maybe this whole economy thing is starting to affect the Gaming industry.

Yeah, I'd say if there isn't some word of it by PAX, then there's a problem.

Yeah, I'd say if there isn't some word of it by PAX, then there's a problem. I agree they will probably announce something by PAX however that still leaves me a tad peeved. Other game companies will announce that their game has been postponed or will be coming out early and their fans will react with praise or boos. This company, it seems, wants to leave us in the dark so that they don't have to hear us complain about a later release date. Its like they rather just keep us wondering. Or maybe they don't like to face the truth about where they stand with the project. Heh /end rant Cheers to the eventual release of this awesome game!

Hothead did comment on it on their own forums: http://www.hotheadgames.com/forum/vi....php?f=6&t=182

That's a non-comment comment. 'We're doing stuff.' 'What stuff?' 'Stuff.'

well, on the HH forums a mod finally posted for the first time in three months. Basically he says that having a new CEO was distracting and that's why we haven't heard anything. He implies that work is going forward, but doesn't say anything outright and pretty much says he can't. So, what do you guys think, this guy full of shit? Well that guy was me, and I make every effort not to be full of shit. I will say sorry for the radio silence lately though. There's not really anything nefarious behind it. Basically with the gazillion hats many of us end up wearing in a small studio, keeping up-to-date with all the goings on on the various forums has slipped lately. We still read all the comments and feedback and love hearing it. And we're glad you're looking forward to the next episode. Last year we were pretty singularly focused on getting Episode One and Two out. This year sees a whole bunch more on our plate: we're in full swing on DeathSpank and are working on getting Swarm off the ground as well. And we spent a bunch of time hiring a new boss! (http://www.hotheadgames.com/blog/?p=105). We don't have anything new to say on Episode Three right now, but I wanted to at least poke my head up and make sure you knew Hothead hadn't fallen into the sea. Cheers, Joel

Well, that's a relief. But you guys ARE going to get Ep. 3 out eventually, right?

Well, that's a relief. But you guys ARE going to get Ep. 3 out eventually, right? For all it's worth, I second this question.

well, whenever it comes out, I hope it comes out soon. I beat all of ep 2 a few weeks ago, and I really wanna see what was up with that ending!!!! Will Dr. Darktalon Blood come into the mainframe? Who will be the next dark god that needs defeating? And how will we upgrade our weapons with no more fruit fuckers to destroy?!?!?!? The world may never know, but i really hope this game comes out soon.

I have registered to pose one question, and one question alone: When will we see Jim Darkmagic in PAA? My preference lies somewhere between "soon" and "immediately".

I hope it's soon, and I am awating the arivial of the deepcrow.

I have registered to pose one question, and one question alone: When will we see Jim Darkmagic in PAA? My preference lies somewhere between "soon" and "immediately". Man it'd be weird seeing Jim Darkmagic in PAA. Its like Gabe who is Mike, who also plays Jim, they're interacting...and Tycho is there and is like sup. It is breaking the 4th wall...of something I tells ya!

Jim Darkmagic wouldn't fit in that world. Besides, aren't the DnD characters owned by Wizards anyway?

PAA Ep 3 and HL2 Ep 3 = the same game? Both are highly anticipated by their fanbase Both are the 3rd episode Both have melee weapons Both have guns Both have swarms of mindless enemies (zombies/hobos) Both have support charecters Both have a main character with a name starting with the letter "G" Both are in almost total media blackouts The similarities are astounding!!!

PAA Ep 3 and HL2 Ep 3 = the same game? Both are highly anticipated by their fanbase Both are the 3rd episode Both have melee weapons Both have guns Both have swarms of mindless enemies (zombies/hobos) Both have support charecters Both have a main character with a name starting with the letter "G" Both are in almost total media blackouts The similarities are astounding!!! You know, I also noticed a problem with three's Sam and Max season 3 is also in a blackout.

You know, I also noticed a problem with three's Sam and Max season 3 is also in a blackout. I didn't think Sam & Max Season 3 had even been announced.

Also, the guys directly responsible on the team for Sam and Max are working on the new Monkey's Island if I am not mistaken.

I'm beginning to wonder at what point people will completely lose interest ... even SOME info would be better than "we're still here" ... like ... are you working on the game episodes or focusing on other projects only? I used to watch and keep an eye on this almost daily, now I just poke in once a month or so to see if anything has changed. My son was the one who actually started asking questions again so I thought I'd come look again. I hope this doesn't get stale to the point that any activity on new ep's for PAA stops and the story goes left untold

I'm beginning to wonder at what point people will completely lose interest ... even SOME info would be better than "we're still here" ... like ... are you working on the game episodes or focusing on other projects only? I used to watch and keep an eye on this almost daily, now I just poke in once a month or so to see if anything has changed. My son was the one who actually started asking questions again so I thought I'd come look again. I hope this doesn't get stale to the point that any activity on new ep's for PAA stops and the story goes left untold Same goes for me. I used to go here at least a few times a week, pretty much any morning when I got to work, and so forth. Now, it's more like once every two weeks, in hope of more news. Either way, a "we're still here" every now and then is good enough, but to an extent. How far along is the episode? Anyone can understand if there are other projects with higher priority and whatever other reason, all we (I) ask (humbly) is that HH log on here every once in a while and update us that hunger for this story to unfold.