No one with the slightest respect for women should be playing this game. Sorry, call me 'politically correct' all you want, but I have a wife and a young daughter, and as far as I'm concerned the people who promote this kind of image of women should be expunged from society.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Sadiq Saif <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sadiq-KzRxrKfdH+/c+919tysfdA@public.gmane.org">sadiq@asininetech.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<p>Here is the review from Ars Technica:<br>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/06/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive.ars" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/06/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive.ars</a></p>
<p>Not very encouraging.</p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On 15 Jun 2011 23:47, "Colin McGregor" <<a href="mailto:colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">colin.mc151@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> This evening I attended a meeting (Toronto Free-Net Board meeting)<br>
> which finished before 9:00 PM so I was able to stick my nose into one<br>> of the big box electronics shops downtown. While there I actually held<br>> in my hands a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" for the PC, no joke!<br>
> <br>> For those who don't know the story here, "Duke Nukem Forever" has<br>> been coming real soon now for some 15 (yes, 15) years, details to be<br>> seen here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever</a> . "Duke<br>
> Nukem Forever" has become the poster child for vaporware (software<br>> promised but not delivered).<br>> <br>> I have fond memories of playing "Duke Nukem 3D" against my brother<br>> over 10 years ago, and if I were still running MS Windows I would have<br>
> been very tempted to buy a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" just for the<br>> sake of nostalgia. Still I wonder, while I don't doubt there are some<br>> gamers who would buy the new game because they remember the old, I<br>
> imagine that is a fairly modest market. So I will be interested in<br>> hearing how this game sells, as I assume most of the buyers will be<br>> viewing this as a totally new game...<br>> <br>> Oh, and in the words of the Duke (before shooting one of the aliens in<br>
> the game) "Come get some, baby!". :-) .<br>> <br>> <br>> Colin McGregor<br>> --<br>> The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: <a href="http://gtalug.org/" target="_blank">http://gtalug.org/</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Thomas Milne</div><br>