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GameFront - Duke Nukem Forever and Jim Redner’s Balls of Squeal.
The really contentious part of Redner’s argument, however, is the fact that developers should be let off the hook because they “poured thousands of irreplaceable hours” into a game. This is an argument that I’ve seen many times before, that a reviewer needs to consider the feelings of the people who made it. I’d say that’s the last thing a reviewer needs to think about when assessing a game. Like it or not, a reviewer isn’t there to protect developers from feeling sad. This is not pre-school, where everybody gets a star and no child is left behind. This is the realm of business conducted by adults, and if you’re going to turn on the waterworks when your game is trashed, you should not be in an industry where art is produced for public consumption. It’s simply not the place for little princesses made of eggshells.
Joystick Division - Marketing Campaigns Are Doomsday Machines. Thanks Digg.
Duke Nukem Forever is the brightest, recent example of this horribly hilarious phenomenon, but it was preceded by two other first person shooters which enticed us to waste our money this year: Homefront and Brink. Together they form a Trifecta of Terrible. Behold the power of the marketing machine, and tremble.
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The joke wasn't "haha, Cartman got anal probed" the joke is "haha, those girls are being forcibly impregnated by aliens while I watch." And it isn't "oh man, Cartman thinks it's uncomfortable" it's "oh man, those girls are in lethal pain and screaming for help." I don't recall seeing that in DNF. Duke only made a joke about the Holsom twins being impregnated and they weren't screaming or in pain. In fact, they were being pretty casual about it, lending to the absurdity of the scene. In fact, they make it sound like it was consensual.
The only issue I had with that scene is that it was inconsistent. Duke was supposed to be pissed off at the aliens for abducting and impregnating his women but he seemed pretty nonchalant about the Holsom twins until they actually exploded, at which point he suddenly became enraged. |
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Jun 22, 14:23 |
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Jun 22, 14:29 |
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Jun 22, 12:46 |
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Jun 22, 13:01 |
Duke Nukem is a No-Win Scenario |
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Jun 22, 13:21 |
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