In the epic saga that is 3D Realms’ development of Duke Nukem Forever, Charlie Wiederhold was a stalwart. In fact, it would be hard to name another 3D Realms employee that lasted as long as him— partly because they stopped listing their employees a few years back when the turnover rate really started picking up.

But after plugging away at DNF for eight out of its ten years, and having long since given up on his famous vow five years ago not to post on any internet forums until the game went gold, Charlie has thrown in the towel and said goodbye to 3D Realms. Taken from a post on his personal website’s forums:

Unsure exactly what I’ll be doing next and right now I’m just enjoying a true vacation with no time pressures and no need to do anything except play around.

Yes! No more time pressures! Wait…huh? Well, I guess I’d have lost a little perspective after eight years, too.

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