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8aaaaf0d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @Chris Trottier I'm 41; I lived through that era. And the current Apogee is headed by Scott Miller, who was the founder of the original Apogee which later became 3D Realms. 

It may not be as big as it once was, but it's still just as indie.

EDIT: This should clear up the confusion: https://www.apogeeent.com/devblog/apogee-history
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Chris Trottier | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @74fa09d9 Haha! I talked something about this during my review of Rad Rodgers. Iron Slipgate bought 3D Realms so they could make a Duke Nukem title. But then they found out that Gearbox owned the rights to it—and there was a big lawsuit as a result. Rad Rodgers was their attempt to do a 2D Duke Nukem without calling it Duke Nukem (it even featured the voice talent of the man who voiced Duke Nukem).

Actually, the history of Apogee and 3D Realms is much more complicated than that blog post indicates. But if I were Scott Miller, id be salty about the whole thing too.