Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem | Magazine
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Broussard and Miller assembled a seven-person team to build the product. The pair had a knack for discov

On the last day, they gathered for a group photo. They were videogame programmers, artists, level builders, artificial-intelligence experts. Their team was — finally — giving up, declaring defeat, and disbanding. So they headed down to the lobby of their building in Garland, Texas, to smile for the camera. They arranged themselves on top of their logo: a 10-foot-wide nuclear-radiation sign, inlaid in the marble floor.

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