... You know, these special people, you know, when you find someone like this that you can partner with, it creates magic. And so I've just been lucky to come into contact with these truly talented people who are probably more behind the scenes than I am. And they're kind of the secret to my success. ...
... Well, yes, we found out after the original platformer was released. We got contacted by the TV station that had this Captain Planet show, and they said that, you know, they have a Duke Nukem. And so we ended up finding out that sure enough, they did have a Duke Nukem character that was some sort of... ...
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... I think in Duke Nukem 3D, there's like 100 or 120 quotes, and I think four or five of them are from movies that we loved back then. Again, sorry, this is not quite one of my questions, but is it true that Duke Nukem was a Captain Planet character? And at one point, you were worried that you could use the name. I think I read that somewhere. Am I talking rubbish? Well, yes, we found out after the original platformer was released. We got contacted by the TV station that had this Captain Planet show, and they said that, you know, they have a Duke Nukem. And so we ended up finding out that sure enough, they did have a Duke Nukem character that was some sort of... It was like a bad guy, some guy who had apparently been hit by acid or something, and, you know, he was all green skinned and something, you know, kind of looked like a bad guy. So just a total coincidence, but it scared us. ...