Duke Nukem Forever causes a stir with womens rights groups - Fox News Article

[Romire]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...lapping-women/

Quoted from the artcle if your lazy to click the dang link:

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.
The game's 1996 precursor Duke Nukem 3D -- which sold 3.5 million copies, made millions for its developers and transformed the entire world of video games -- depicted women as strippers and prostitutes. The new iteration of the game, set for release this spring, takes sexism to a new level -- starting with Duke receiving implied oral sex from twins in school uniforms.
"It was offensive then and it's even more offensive now," Jamia Wilson, vice president of the Women's Media Center, told FoxNews.com. "These depictions of women are extremely harmful, especially to young women," she added.
Duke Ferris, editor-in-chief at gamehelper.com, said sexism is an intentional part of Duke Nukem Forever. “The game is meant to objectify women -- that's the point,” he said.

Gearbox Studios bought the rights to the game last year, following 15 years of delays and disappointments that made the Duke a running joke among gamers. They described an especially controversial multiplayer mode called "Capture the Babe" in an interview with the Official Xbox Magazine.
The magazine described it as "more goofy than offensive."
"The 'Babe' will sometimes freak out while you're carrying her (somewhat understandably we'd say), at which point you have to hit a button to gently give her a reassuring slap," the magazine wrote.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board labels all video games as a guide for parents (E for Everyone, T for Teen). It described some of the sequences gamers will encounter: "A couple of missions within this level require players to recover sex toys and pictures of topless women. A few sequences strongly imply sexual acts: Two women appear to perform fellatio on the central character," reads one passage.
“Our job is to provide consumers with information and guidance that helps them choose games they deem suitable for themselves and their families," Eliot Mizrachi, a spokesman for the group, told FoxNews.com.
The game will be available in stores and online, where customers must click a button stating they are 17 years of age or older -- the only barrier to children buying such a game.
The ESRB argues that its ratings effectively allow consumers to self-police: If you find that sort of thing offensive, simply don't let your kids buy the game.
"This game carries a Mature rating indicating that it’s intended for ages 17 and up, and retailers overwhelmingly enforce their store policies requiring that M-rated games not be sold to a customer under that age without a parent’s consent,” Mizrachi said.

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Well Every die hard duke fan has been waiting for a close 10-12 years about this, it cant be no worse then the GTA SA edition that had sex acts going with a touch of a code. That being said i do fear that the OFLC here in australia may just impose a 18+ rating on this, with a rumor that the PC version has a mod for full on nudity that lets the players see dukes babes in all their animated glory pleasures (if you get turned on by animated nudity.../facepalm)

[Culexus]

Hmm ... i dont think sexism is funny.

Inb4 retarded "sammich" jokes.

[Soisoisoi]

People protest about anything these days. >.>

It's okay, don't protest about games where you can nuke billions of people.. but.. oh no.. slapping someone! :O

[Jurwi]

Feminists.... ruining everything good :|

[Deleted]

Foxnews...

Also:


Yeah.

[Deleted]

Well Every die hard duke fan has been waiting for a close 10-12 years about this, it cant be no worse then the GTA SA edition that had sex acts going with a touch of a code. That being said i do fear that the OFLC here in australia may just impose a 18+ rating on this, with a rumor that the PC version has a mod for full on nudity that lets the players see dukes babes in all their animated glory pleasures (if you get turned on by animated nudity.../facepalm)

why exactly? if you´ve waited for 10-12 years you´re probably over 18 already
also, it´s just a game

[Deleted]

Someone is gonna say lesbians
and it ain`t gonna be me

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Foxnews...

Also:


Yeah.

Which is why the world is really, really fucked up these days...

Children can slaughter millions of 3D characters in videogames, but the slightest mention of sex, and all hell brakes lose....

[Jeleh]

People need to lighten up, it's a game. It's not like someone is going to play it then go out to the real world and objectify women based on duke nukem. Assholes are already assholes they don't need a video game for that.

[chemicader]

Well, people are really strict bout these things, not surprised, tbh I would have been surprised if there would have not been an incident like this.

[Arganis]

Hmm ... i dont think sexism is funny.

Inb4 retarded "sammich" jokes.

Ya sexism is super srs.

We totally live in a society where woman are oppressed. Just ask the last 200 girls I had sex with because of societal pressure... I wish.

The only sexism I'm aware of these days is the one that has me picking up the bill for someone that doesn't deserve it based on the assumption they're somehow entitled.

[Drexxil]

It is a video game.

It has an "M" tag.

They need to get over themselves.

[Khraine]

Take that femenists

[Romire]

why exactly? if you´ve waited for 10-12 years you´re probably over 18 already
also, it´s just a game

The OFLC here get over zealous a tad, remeber Manhunt?

[Deleted]

Seriously. If they dont like the game or the things it implies. Just dont buy the damn thing.

Person A hates porn.
Person B loves porn.

A tries to make B stop looking at porn. B punches A in the face. As it should be.

Let people decide for themselves.

[Deleted]

How about they dont play it then?

[Yooya]

They're*

Nothing new, honestly. Articles like this have existed since the dawn of video games. Those cherries Pac Man eats look an awful like boobs to me!

[Deleted]

Just HAD to post this one from the funny pictures megathread in here:

[Bear]

As a female, I've always thought feminists were morons.

It's a video game, for the love of God.

[Deleted]

Duke lines are awesome...I love guys that say those lines with proper voice for them