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What a heartbreaking week it has been. Sir Patrick Stewart was a friend, a colleague, and a magnificent actor. From the stage to the bridge of the Enterprise, he brought intelligence, grace, and a deep sense of humanity to everything he did. Captain Picard stood for the best of us, and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work.
My heart goes out to Sunny and his family. He will be deeply missed.
I bought four copies on this just-out PC Gamer issue from Barnes & Noble yesterday. Terrific 12-pg cover story on Duke Nukem by Rick Lane, who interviewed me and extracted a lot of fun inside info on Duke's origin and history.
It's been over 15 years since Duke has been on the cover of PC Gamer.
(This issue also has a 4-pg article on our horror game, Total Chaos.)
We all still wear a lot of hats at @Apogee_Ent, but @JoeSiegler was one of the OG trailblazers. This is a special story and what he did is so indicative of who he is. Wherever Tim is, I’m sure he remembers this!
This was one of my fav memories in the 90's at Apogee. Back then you kind of wore a lot of hats, one of the things I did was fill orders from time to time. Ran across this one. A kid (presumably) sent in an order for Rise of the Triad - but sent Monopoly money in instead of actual payment info.
That's obviously not gonna get the job done, but I was so amused by the request (especially adding their own "Cash" box to the order type) that I went ahead and sent him the CD anyway. I probably wrote a note, but don't remember what I would have said 30 years ago. :)
Always loved this. @Apogee_Ent@RiseoftheTriad
In Texas they told me to stop at Buc-ee's for gas.
I have been to shrines. I have stood in temples that took two hundred years to build.
I was not prepared for the gas station.
There were one hundred and twenty fuel pumps.
I counted them because I did not believe them.
A man beside me was filling a truck the size of my first apartment, and he was not filling it because it was empty.
He was filling it because he was here, and here is where a man fills things.
Inside was a hall so vast I lost the horizon.
A wall of jerky. A wall of fudge I did not know the country produced.
A brisket sandwich handed to me by a man in a beaver costume.
And I want to be clear, the beaver is not a mascot.
The beaver is a saint.
The people speak of him the way my grandmother spoke of the mountain behind her house.
And the bathrooms.
I had been warned about the bathrooms and I had dismissed the warning as the pride of a loud people.
I was wrong to dismiss it.
The bathrooms are famous across the whole state and they have earned it.
I have slept in worse hotels. I nearly bowed upon entering.
A janitor was polishing the floor with the devotion of a man tending a garden he loved, and when I thanked him he said "welcome in," which I have since learned is what Texas says instead of hello, and also instead of I am glad you exist.
I went in for gas. I was inside for ninety minutes.
I came out with fudge, a shirt printed with a joke I do not fully understand, forty dollars of jerky, and a feeling I can only describe as having been to church.
I did not need any of it.
I needed all of it.
I have walked through the great cathedrals of the old world. I lit no candle there.
I lit no candle at Buc-ee's either.
But I did fill the truck.
And I understand now that in Texas, this is the same thing.
@K__Med@YorchTorchGames@jondelarroz@K__Med Spot on. The games will always speak for themselves. We aren't baking "agendas" into our products; that's just a narrative people create to stir up fear. Appreciate the reasonable and grounded perspective here. 🫡
@jondelarroz@YorchTorchGames Bruh… I think you’re the only one equating a rainbow logo with bedroom talk… that’s just goofy. 😂 Let's stay focused on the actual talking points of the thread rather than the discourse you're imagining. Have a good one. ✌️
Ask any minority how the struggles of navigating the world have sharpened their perspective, expanded their worldview, and brought unique value to their work. Overcoming challenges breeds resilience and innovative problem-solving. To minimize or discount that lived experience is the real hollow perspective here. @BlackinGaming@gaygamingpros@AsiansInGames@LatinosinGaming