Shelby Knox Wants Duke Nukem Forever Out of Walmart

[B-rad747]

So I guess no one told her the game is pretty much a joke and not meant to be taken seriously. Some people just need to lighten up.

 

[SinisterGehe]

It is a game!!! It has nothing to do with giving a picture that violence against women is acceptable (Note: It is not!!!)

What if I as a male make a game in which you are only allowed to kill males, if you are male and you are only allowed to kill women if you are a women. Do I get flamed as a sexist for not letting Men kill women or Women kill men...

Honestly, what does it to take to make you feminist happy. DO we need to remove all mens rights to exist? Do we need to make women to be sacred and a holy object upon which we are not allowed to glance, talk about touching - making women to be sacred temple upon which man can enter only after spending an year praying and wowing for eternal servitude without question to the women? - But no, that would be sexist, placing women above men - denying them the right of being a equal to men or submit to a man if they so choose...

God I hate this stupidity, this illogical mess... That is called 3rd generation feminism. Before it was enough to be equal, now they want to be something more than a man...
Ill buy the game just to piss her off... And if the mode gets removed, Ill crack the game and mod it in to it myself just to piss her off...

Btw; Feminist could do a game in which they dominate man - Why don't they do that? Fight us with the weapons we use... Oh well...

Edit:

Shelby Knox: The Capture the Babe mode of the Duke Nukem game... will be played primarily by young people

Do people just go blind whenever this game is mentioned, and thus become unable to see the M rating? Or are people just idiots?

They are not idiots... They are stupid, idiotic and fucking illogical... They are the FOX news...

 

[Royas]

I guess my big question is this: Who is Shelby Knox and why do we give a damn what she thinks? Yes, I was able to look her up and yes, she may be a fairly big name in feminist activism, but that and $1.50 will get you a cup of coffee. In the real world, she's no more relevant than Jack Thompson.

 

[aesondaandryk]

Not an April Fools?

 

[Eternal_Lament]

I highly doubt this petition will do anything. I think its quite clear that DNF isn't going to change because an audience demands they change, because this game isn't for them......by them I mean people who can't realize what a paraody is. I think Its sad that people complain about games like this, not because I feel strongly about this game, but because mostly criticism against these games comes from those who don't even have the integrity to actually play the game and see for themselves if it is actually as bad as they say it is (in this case there is an over-reaction on Shelby's part)

Then again this entire thing could possibly just be a ruse, considering what day it is.

 

[spartan773]

Really?

people are taking duke seriously?

 

[ryo02]

sexist? to which gender? Duke Nukem doesnt exactly do men any favors haha ... wait did I just say what I think I did?.

ahem the Duke makes other men look bad ... hang on that almost sounds like a compliment lemme try harder.

most men arent like Duke Nukem ... still sounds like Im complimenting him.

screw it LONG LIVE THE DUKE AND HIS BALL'S OF STEEL MAY HE CONTINUE TO KICK ASS AND CHEW GUM "FOREVER" nuke one for me big guy *salute*.

 

[karloss01]

Petitions rarely, rarely ever work. Exspecially online ones which are open to everyone.

EDIT: also when did the world get so uptight about every little thing?

EDIT2: in addition this won't affect me, being in the UK and all with my pre-order slip for the BALLS OF STEEL EDITION, HELL YEAH!

 

[Xanadu84]

I think it's important to to be fair: There are situations that could be presented in games which would be worthy of a PR backlash. If Duke Nukem was seriously suggesting a sexist agenda, then absolutely, she would have the right to complain, encourage people to not buy the game, and raise serious questions, not about what we should be allowed to say, but what is worth saying. A game that truly painted violence against women in a positive light should be allowed by law, and should be universally ridiculed by advocate groups, but ESPECIALLY by gamers. But this is not what is happening here. Here, a game is openly, obviously, parodying sexism, machismo, and all the things Shelby Knox is fighting against: Looking through the lens of Satire, Duke Nukem is on HER side, pointing out the ludicrous flaws in sexism by bringing them into a blinding, unflattering light.

A criticism like this is not universally wrong. It is all well and good to be critical of something truly inappropriate. However, criticizing Duke Nukem of being sexist is like criticizing Steven Colbert for being an extreme right wing conservative. Technically the content is there, but it disappears one you take a glance at context. The real question is if we can respond to a person making a simple, well intentioned mistake, or if we are doomed to respond in a way that will simply re-enforce her beliefs.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I find the idea of "Capture the Babe" to be fucking hilarious, more than anti-feminist.

And, banned, from Wal-Mart? Whatever shall we do?

 

[Atmos Duality]

Typical knee-jerk response. And utterly irrelevant to me anyway (I try to not shop at Walmart anyway).
*yawn* So what else is new?

 

[DeadlyYellow]

?yeht dluow ,etah yeht gnihtemos gnitomorp otni troffe hcum taht tup dluow eno-oN ?ti t'nsi looF lirpA na si sihT

.nospmohT kcaJ :tniop retnuoC

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

That lady sounds like she needs a slapped bottom.....

 

[Vrach]

People are so far up their own arses, that they usually can't tell the difference between something being sexist, and something being sexist to the point of poking fun at it.

Feminist = someone who believes in the equal treatment of women in society but doesn't actually lable themselves as a feminist (i.e. most reasonable people, be they men or women).

Shelby Knox = person who hides behind feminism in an attempt to spread her own brand of ignorance.

^This and a thousand times this.

Also, since when do most people buy games at Walmart (not a yank myself, but... wtf, Walmart's just a supermarket, aye?) and how would getting one store chain to stop selling it affect game sales in the first place?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

2. You have put a lot of effort into today's posts. I've made a point to read all of the ones I come across.

3. Next time, try inverting the images too, to mess with people more.

."kaepsyellav" ni yleritne gnikaeps saw raey tsaL ?hcnerF spahrep ,tnereffid gnihtemos yrt ll'I raey txeN ): aT​

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

?yeht dluow ,etah yeht gnihtemos gnitomorp otni troffe hcum taht tup dluow eno-oN ?ti t'nsi looF lirpA na si sihT

.nospmohT kcaJ :tniop retnuoC

.doog kool tub pleh t'nac ew taht thgil dab a hcus ni noitisoppo eht stniap eH .esle enoyna sa etabed eht ot tnatropmi sa si nospmohT ,haN

): ?eh t'ndid ,staerht s'nospmohT retfa ylkciuq ytterp devac ebaG ,haeY​

 

[The Electro Gypsy]

Rofl, even if Walmart does respond by not selling the game, what does it matter? There's a million other shops out there

 

[Caligulove]

I always love how when theres a hint of sex in something- people lose their shit and talk about all the think-of-the-children stuff.

Sexual repression, wahey!

 

[James Raynor]

She mad?


Jokes aside it's rather silly to protest it since you're basically giving it free advertising.