That's not how it works.Abandon4093 said:
The publishers have the right to release "Duke Nukem Forever", we have the right to point out it's disgusting.
Duke Nukem Forever and 'Rape'
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The publishers have the right to release "Duke Nukem Forever", we have the right to point out it's disgusting.
I didn't buy Duke Nukem Forever partially because the reviews were horrendous and partly becuase I'm a girl and I don't think that game was made for me in mind.
I'm not entirely sure why you are picking on Jim when every other review on the internet of DNF was bad, rape or no.
I actually have a lot more respect for Jim now after reading that article, I wouldn't have expected him to stand up for that point of view. I had assumed he was a lot more crass. My bad.
I'm not entirely sure why you are picking on Jim when every other review on the internet of DNF was bad, rape or no.
I actually have a lot more respect for Jim now after reading that article, I wouldn't have expected him to stand up for that point of view. I had assumed he was a lot more crass. My bad.
The captive women being impregnated in Duke3D was NEVER used as a blunt rape-joke.
If you killed the women (or if they died accidentally) you were PUNISHED with enemy spawns (I can think of one except to this, and that's the end boss fight in Episode 1). They were there as probably the only "serious" element to the entire game.
The last "canon" Episode of Duke3D (and I cannot believe I just used "canon" to describe a fucking Duke Nukem game) featured the aliens achieving their goal: They manage to get a human woman to birth a new queen.
Your goal is to kill said queen (which DOES have a very low-brow punchline associated with it...but it still makes sense from Duke's perspective).
What Duke Nukem Forever did was take that concept and twist it into some seriously warped attempt at "humor". It wasn't even the implied rape or forced impregnation that appalled me (if it shocks you, then you haven't seen as much sci-fi or at least as many B-movies as me; it's not an uncommon trope), it was how Duke responded to it that was just plain wrong.
If you killed the women (or if they died accidentally) you were PUNISHED with enemy spawns (I can think of one except to this, and that's the end boss fight in Episode 1). They were there as probably the only "serious" element to the entire game.
The last "canon" Episode of Duke3D (and I cannot believe I just used "canon" to describe a fucking Duke Nukem game) featured the aliens achieving their goal: They manage to get a human woman to birth a new queen.
Your goal is to kill said queen (which DOES have a very low-brow punchline associated with it...but it still makes sense from Duke's perspective).
What Duke Nukem Forever did was take that concept and twist it into some seriously warped attempt at "humor". It wasn't even the implied rape or forced impregnation that appalled me (if it shocks you, then you haven't seen as much sci-fi or at least as many B-movies as me; it's not an uncommon trope), it was how Duke responded to it that was just plain wrong.