Shelby Knox Wants Duke Nukem Forever Out of Walmart
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I'm so tired of people saying Generic Game Title is going to be played "primarily by young people". It's getting very old very fast.
In other news, I didn't think Wal-Mart would carry this game to begin with. Wal-Mart and Target generally only carry games with that make the children squeal with delight because of the puppies and kitties on the covers. But maybe I'm just going to the wrong Wal-Mart.
In other news, I didn't think Wal-Mart would carry this game to begin with. Wal-Mart and Target generally only carry games with that make the children squeal with delight because of the puppies and kitties on the covers. But maybe I'm just going to the wrong Wal-Mart.
So wait, let me get this straight... Shelby Knox is the name of a woman who is a champion for the cause of feminism... and Carroll Shelby is the name of a man who is famous for designing cars?
mind=blown
I had never heard of Shelby Knox (what a masculine name... seriously!) before I saw this thread...
anyway, I'm going to jump on the "who gives a shit" bandwagon... I haven't stepped foot in a Wal-Mart in years... and how many people actually buy video games there?
mind=blown
I had never heard of Shelby Knox (what a masculine name... seriously!) before I saw this thread...
anyway, I'm going to jump on the "who gives a shit" bandwagon... I haven't stepped foot in a Wal-Mart in years... and how many people actually buy video games there?
Does she not realize that satire is meant to offend? Thereby giving us room to look at the issue from a different perspective? If not, she really needs to get her head out her ass. The world looks a lot better than the inside of her colon, she should really take a look.
In the time it took this blowhard woman to compose her letter of complaint and organize her little petition ... statistically hundreds of women around the planet were subjugated, raped and killed. One would think her efforts are better served elsewhere, no?
...considering, when last I checked, the current CEO of Big Blue is Mike Duke, I would like to see this.MurderousToaster said:
Gearboxes official reply:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY[/youtube]
Just get over it. We're talking about a game where women are abducted because the aliens thought they were hot, and then the aliens mutated most of humanity to stop the one guy who has balls of steel big enough to stop it. Obviously this game is taking itself serious.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY[/youtube]
Just get over it. We're talking about a game where women are abducted because the aliens thought they were hot, and then the aliens mutated most of humanity to stop the one guy who has balls of steel big enough to stop it. Obviously this game is taking itself serious.
Whats this? Content in a video game! Blasphemy! I bet she wants us all to go back to playing educational video games and an internet without porn (believe it or not, such a thing did once exist, however briefly)
Man, at first I used to get irritated at all this game bashing by non gamers and this weird assumption that games are innately for children. But really? a petition? for WALL MART? *snore* call me when someone important does something meaningfully ignorant.
All these ex lawyers and special interest groups farting into the wind has lost its impact.
Man, at first I used to get irritated at all this game bashing by non gamers and this weird assumption that games are innately for children. But really? a petition? for WALL MART? *snore* call me when someone important does something meaningfully ignorant.
All these ex lawyers and special interest groups farting into the wind has lost its impact.
I love that the first comment is by you, with an avatar of Johnny Bravo.WanderingFool said:
You weren't originally planning on buying/playing the game?Andy Chalk said:
I suppose I'm biased cause it was one of the first shooters I've played but I'm really looking forward to playing it. (even if it's mostly to see how it's made and the reaction it gets nowadays, but still)
Also, I'm kinda impressed that she knew about it.
I'm reminded of the good old classic, Conker's Bad Fur Day.
That game was totally off the wall and mature...to be funny. Not trying to make a drunken squirrel that pisses on imps a role model, just trying to get a few laughs through absurd levels of mature content, and it received more than a few from me.
From what I'm hearing Duke Nukem Forever is trying to very much go along this route. Granted, its a little easier to put a squirrel aside than an actual theoretical person, but still. Done right this can probably reach a level of just absurdity for comedy. Levels the small children wouldn't really understand anyway......why do they want it?
I always say this personally, but really, these people think their 10-year-old has 60 dollars to blow on this game assuming the store isn't even paying attention to his age. Otherwise, don't buy them the game lady. Or at least if you're gonna buy them a console, learn how it works. You can set the console to block mature content anyway, i think. Let us enjoy our stupid fun and go buy your son a spongebob game or some drivel.
Otherwise......i dunno. I buy my games at Gamestop anyway.......
That game was totally off the wall and mature...to be funny. Not trying to make a drunken squirrel that pisses on imps a role model, just trying to get a few laughs through absurd levels of mature content, and it received more than a few from me.
From what I'm hearing Duke Nukem Forever is trying to very much go along this route. Granted, its a little easier to put a squirrel aside than an actual theoretical person, but still. Done right this can probably reach a level of just absurdity for comedy. Levels the small children wouldn't really understand anyway......why do they want it?
I always say this personally, but really, these people think their 10-year-old has 60 dollars to blow on this game assuming the store isn't even paying attention to his age. Otherwise, don't buy them the game lady. Or at least if you're gonna buy them a console, learn how it works. You can set the console to block mature content anyway, i think. Let us enjoy our stupid fun and go buy your son a spongebob game or some drivel.
Otherwise......i dunno. I buy my games at Gamestop anyway.......
I was going to say exactly this. so thanks for ninja-ing my thoughts hahabomblord said:
OT: It honestly won't do anything, except maybe get people who weren't going to buy it think about buying it out of sheer spite for the stupidity that's being said about it
It's called satire. Get used to it. And as if making Wal-Mart keep the game off the shelves would prevent it from selling.
It's not like Gearbox is endorsing domestic violence or anything. PETA didn't get up in arms about a Skag being hit by a bus in Borderlands...but they will now that I've mentioned it, won't they?
It's not like Gearbox is endorsing domestic violence or anything. PETA didn't get up in arms about a Skag being hit by a bus in Borderlands...but they will now that I've mentioned it, won't they?
Ok, found this on my way back, and I have to ask. Do you seriously mean to suggest that this and everything else in/about this game is NOT in fact satire played for laughs? Are you really saying that you can look at a game mechanic of this nature and take it seriously enough to be offended?LiquidGrape said:
Are you in fact suggesting that the person who came up with it, the person who coded it, the person who animated it, the person in management who ok'ed it and anyone else involved in the process of getting from idea to implemented game mode are in fact ALL sexist bigots? That SOMEHOW an entire team of paid professionals including several well respected members of the game development community and high level managers and probably investors. All looked at this and said "Yep, that's what we think of women"?
Do you honestly believe that an entire creative team could bring themselves to create and release something so backward and so stereotypical with the intent to be taken seriously? Is this in fact the world you believe you live in?
This is the charlie sheen of the video game world. Im shocked and appalled that anybody treats it with any more respect and seriousness than they would treat two and a half men (which was also SO horrible that you just had to laugh. if not WITH the show, then at least AT it)
If this game ISINT blatantly ridiculous at first glance then your probably sexist.
If you'll read my post again, I never said the developers are being deliberately sexist. I said they are missing the point of satire, and has rather resorted to a cheap exploitation of its own source.Azdron said:
Besides, announcing that your game will feature nudity and strippers at a strip club isn't satirical. At best, it's just stupid.
**Starts up my best announcer's voice..**
"From the mindset that brought you "Buletstorm will bring men to rape" and "There's porn in Mass Effect" we bring you the next evolution, "Ow my god, there's sexual things done to women in Duke Nukem... but never mind all the dead guys, that's not important" This product is so strong that it's mere presence at your local Walmart can cause it to seep into the mind of the young.(Any other store has the sexism proof containers that is needed to safely be about this game)"
"From the mindset that brought you "Buletstorm will bring men to rape" and "There's porn in Mass Effect" we bring you the next evolution, "Ow my god, there's sexual things done to women in Duke Nukem... but never mind all the dead guys, that's not important" This product is so strong that it's mere presence at your local Walmart can cause it to seep into the mind of the young.(Any other store has the sexism proof containers that is needed to safely be about this game)"
http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-anti-duke-nukem-forever-womens-rights-petitioners-stop-your-petition#comments?opt_new=f&opt_fb=f
Nuff said.
Nuff said.