10 Festive Video Games To Play During Christmas 2018

While his legacy seems to have impacted just about every corner of the gaming space, Duke Nukem is essentially only famous for one thing: 1996’s Duke Nukem 3D. He starred in a series of platformers in the early 90’s and ruined his career with the fantastically awful Duke Nukem Forever in 2011, but his first pseudo-three-dimensional outing would be his most memorable.

Intent on capitalizing on the game’s popularity, 3D realms allowed several third party teams to develop a series of official expansion packs for the game. While Duke It Out in D.C. and Caribbean Life’s a Beach became cult classics, the third expansion, a winter-themed entry called Nuclear Winter, didn’t receive much attention.

While the former two expansions were total conversion of the original game, Nuclear Winter is more or less a Christmas-themed re-skin of the first few levels of Duke Nukem 3D. That shouldn’t stop series fans for enjoying the experience, though, and the evil snowmen and hoaky holiday plot can still put a smile on the player’s face.

Most Duke Nukem games don’t hold up to much scrutiny these days, and Nuclear Winter is no exception, but it can still be fun when December rolls around.