1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comAndy Chalk Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/andychalk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NrKzJC6Nxz"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/duke-nukem-forever-took-over-6000-man-months-to-finish/"><i>Duke Nukem Forever</i> Took Over 6000 Man-Months to Finish</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/duke-nukem-forever-took-over-6000-man-months-to-finish/embed/#?secret=NrKzJC6Nxz" width="600" height="338" title="“<i>Duke Nukem Forever</i> Took Over 6000 Man-Months to Finish” — The Escapist" data-secret="NrKzJC6Nxz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford estimates that it took more than one million man hours to finally finish Duke Nukem Forever. Duke Nukem Forever is the most famously-delayed videogame of all time, but how much time has actually been sunk into it? We’ll never know for sure; at this point, current DNF studio Gearbox isn’t even entirely certain who worked on it over the years, much less for how long. But Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford recently put up an estimate on the PlayStation Blog and it’s a whopper. “I have estimated that 3D Realms invested between 3,500 and 4,500 man-months of […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/51/51935.jpg