Why do we still care about this game.
Because I can go back and play Duke Nukem 3d
right now and it'd still be insanely fun. Games like that simply are not made any more. It's all boring realism or cliched console-kiddy stuff. If it's not Halo or Call of Duty, it doesn't get made nowadays. Duke Nukem hails from a much better time in gaming, and the hope is that at least a little piece of that can be brought into the modern age. Duke Nukem 3D was very innovative when it was released. Sure, it was still using sprites in a time after Quake had been released, but the level of interactivity was amazing. The humor and over-the-top gameplay only further solidified it within everyone's memories.
Now look what I've done. I have to go dig out my Duke Nukem 3D disc and install it. It looks better than ever nowaydays, thanks to the eDuke engine mod and new fan-made textures/models.