Duke Nukem Forever And Catherine Surprisingly Successful. Yes, Both Of Them.
This has been a strange summer for video game numbers. You might have already read this, but Duke Nukem Forever
Let's forget about schaudenfreude and instead look at the facts: this is great news. Yes, both games' successes are great news. Duke might have sucked, but it was made by Gearbox, which made a great little game called Borderlands. Duke Nukem Forever might have made money and maybe 2K Games will want to make a sequel in the future, but for now Borderlands 2 is being made, and that's good news. As for Catherine, it's a surprising victory for Atlus, a company which has focused mostly on niche Japanese games (including the excellent Shin Megami Tensei games), and to see a particularly weird and Japanese game like Catherine become a hit means the company might be more open to putting out even more surreal, unique games.
Duke Nukem Forever Offends Fox News
Duke is making headlines again now that The Media has gotten wind of its content, and over at Fox News (via Destructoid), this plays out about how you might expect. "A new videogame that requires you to abduct women and give them a 'reassuring slap' if they freak out has gamers and women's rights-groups crying foul. Brace yourself for the awfully sexist world of Duke Nukem Forever," reads the first two sentences of the article.
Jim Sterling over at D'toid sneers at Fox for being predictable - which they are - but just because it's predictable doesn't automatically mean the writers don't have a point. Can carrying off babes and given them a STFU slap be read as anything other than offensive and objectifying toward women? Still, I rather thought that was the purpose of Duke Nukem. He's larger-than-life, ultraviolent, hypersexual, over-the-top, and ridiculous. He's a hilarious exaggeration and send-up of action heroes we know and love, ones who we don't usually consider offensive.
I find myself skeptical of Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford's assertion that "Our goal isn't to shock people, but I think there's some stuff that'll be just a bit uncomfortable." If your goal isn't to shock people, then you're just coincidentally doing a really outstanding job of reading from the playbook on how to be shocking with a hyper-masculine character. Just be shocking already, Randy. Own it. Shock, while not the most noble goal, is not without value. Gearbox has also not indicated whether this moral outrage has anything to do with why the game has - fittingly - been delayed again until June 14.
A new videogame that requires you to abduct women and give them a "reassuring slap" if they freak out has gamers and women's rights-groups crying foul.
Brace yourself for the awfully sexist world of Duke Nukem Forever.
Duke Nukem Forever is Real! (Hands-On)
Aye, I've seen the monster. Plenty of other sailors'll tell you it's just a myth, or a trick of the sea, but I saw it with me own eyes, so I did! Even got me hands on it for a few minutes, before it got away from me. Oh, yes. Duke Nukem Forever's real.
I met with Gearbox on Wednesday for a demo of Duke Nukem Forever. Not only is the game real, but it's near completion. The version I saw was far more developed, polished, and ready for release than any previous preview of the game 3D Realms bothered to put out. In fact, this preview could be considered filled with spoilers, considering it seems like the game is actually coming out.
Friday Flashback: Shadow Warrior
Considering all the hype surrounding the surprise revelation at PAX that Duke Nukem Forever will be completed and published in 2011, and that Gearbox will be doing the deed, it's time we look at a certain FPS game. It's a game with an in-your face hero, who runs around different levels and uses tons of weapons to reduce his enemies to bloody chunks, all while making funny quips while he does it. It's a game where you can find naked or almost naked ladies in various places. It's a game made by 3D Realms.
That's right, I'm talking about Shadow Warrior.
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