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"Its clobbering time! (when double damage is picked, Reference to "The Thing" of the "Fantastic Four")"
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Duke Nukem is a video game series and media franchise created by the company Apogee Software Ltd.. The franchise follows the titular Duke Nukem as he battles against a military or extraterrestrial force. Originally a series of video games for personal computers, the series later expanded to have games released for various consoles by third-party developers. The first two games in the main series w

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