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Falcon 4.0 - The Game Which Refuses to Die
jonerik writes "Today's Boston Globe has this article on the worldwide cult following behind Falcon 4.0, a 1998 flight simulator program which was discontinued by its manufacturer (Hasbro Interactive) the following year. Shortly after it was dropped, someone leaked the game's source code and before you could say 'open source' Falcon 4.0 buffs around the world began fixing bugs in the game and adding new features. Enter Claude Cavanaugh, who approached the current owners of Falcon 4.0 (Atari, which is currently owned by a French company formerly known as Infogrames) with the idea of incorporating the hackers' improvements into Falcon 5.0. Although Falcon 5.0 won't be appearing anytime soon due to financing issues, happily Xicat Interactive will be releasing Falcon 4.0 Gold: Operation Infinite Resolve in April, which will include all of the upgrades originally intended for 5.0."
WTF? What moron modded this as funny? How about "-1, Out of context" or "-1, WTF?" The only reason he's making fun of the Duke Nukem brand is that he feels inadequate next to Duke (or he's mad that Duke is clearly not a homosexual and thus he has no chance of making it with him).
Q: How many morons does it take to make a bad joke?
A: It depends; how many of them end their posts with the name "Dave?"