Duke Nukem Forever

[Giles Orr]

On 16 June 2011 12:18, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Haven't played it yet myself, but from what I've read a good portion of this
> "humour" is really not funny but rather twisted...
>
> On 2011-06-16 8:47 AM, "Thomas Milne" <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Well, it's not about prejudice, it's about the fact that 1 in 4 women will
>> be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, and the proven fact that almost
>> every single woman involved in the sex trade, the kind of women portrayed
>> as
>> caricatures of 'whores' in this game, have been sexually assaulted as
>> children. Knowing these facts, it's hard for me to laugh at exploiting
>> women
>> who have been abused and forced into addiction and prostitution. I'm
>> sorry,
>> normally I'm not quick to judge, but when it comes to this issue in
>> particular I have no forgiveness.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Renata Rocha <natzilla-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Just to say that, hell, yes, I think it's utterly funny. If you want
>>> to fight prejudice, etc, work on your skills when girls join
>>> science/math school. That would be awesome.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 09:51, Fabio FZero <fabio.fzero-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> > Renata finds it funny as hell. :-)
>>> >
>>> > There are plenty of games with strong female characters these days to
>>> > counter-balance. Off the top of my head: Portal, Bayonetta, the whole
>>> > Metroid series, Alice...
>>> >
>>> > - Fabio
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 08:34, Thomas Milne
>>> > <thomas.bruce.milne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> >> 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.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Sadiq Saif <sadiq-KzRxrKfdH+/c+919tysfdA at public.gmane.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Here is the review from Ars Technica:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2011/06/duke-nukem-forever-review-barely-playable-unfunny-and-rampantly-offensive.ars
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Not very encouraging.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 15 Jun 2011 23:47, "Colin McGregor" <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> >>> > This evening I attended a meeting (Toronto Free-Net Board meeting)
>>> >>> > which finished before 9:00 PM so I was able to stick my nose into
>>> >>> > one
>>> >>> > of the big box electronics shops downtown. While there I actually
>>> held
>>> >>> > in my hands a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" for the PC, no joke!
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > For those who don't know the story here, "Duke Nukem Forever" has
>>> >>> > been coming real soon now for some 15 (yes, 15) years, details to
>>> >>> > be
>>> >>> > seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever . "Duke
>>> >>> > Nukem Forever" has become the poster child for vaporware (software
>>> >>> > promised but not delivered).
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > I have fond memories of playing "Duke Nukem 3D" against my brother
>>> >>> > over 10 years ago, and if I were still running MS Windows I would
>>> have
>>> >>> > been very tempted to buy a copy of "Duke Nukem Forever" just for
>>> >>> > the
>>> >>> > sake of nostalgia. Still I wonder, while I don't doubt there are
>>> >>> > some
>>> >>> > gamers who would buy the new game because they remember the old, I
>>> >>> > imagine that is a fairly modest market. So I will be interested in
>>> >>> > hearing how this game sells, as I assume most of the buyers will be
>>> >>> > viewing this as a totally new game...
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Oh, and in the words of the Duke (before shooting one of the aliens
>>> in
>>> >>> > the game) "Come get some, baby!". :-) .

Slashdot had a short article, including a pointer to a very negative
review at Ars:

http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/06/14/1332226/Ars-Technica-Review-Slams-Duke-Nukem-Forever

The Ars review opens with this: "In the first few moments of Duke
Nukem Forever, your character pees in a urinal and then earns an
achievement for reaching into a toilet and extracting a piece of human
excrement."  From which I can conclude that this isn't my type of
game.

Among the comments are links to a set of videos showing an initial
play-through of the game - I was surprised at how watchable it was,
the commentary is pretty amusing.  Although you'll do better skipping
through it rather than watching them entire as it's a LOT of footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MjzgTZriw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5Yngipvz6M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q86vWgaLuwE

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