Fox News actually takes sexism in Duke Nukem Forever seriously

The vice president (the actual president probably is a man) of the Women's Media Center, Jamia Wilson, doesn't hesitate to feed the troll: "These depictions of women are extremely harmful, especially to young women." She refers to the portrayal of women in Duke Nukem Forever, which floats somewhere between 'submissive bimbos' and 'prostitutes'. As an example, the article mentions 'Capture the Babe', a multiplayer mode in which you have to carry a babe (or female, if you will; don't sue me) to your base, and give her a "reassuring slap" when she starts to freak out.

 

While it is definitely cute that someone would take the over-the-top, obviously ironic sexism in Duke Nukem Forever seriously, it's just silly to assume that any sensible gamer would do the same. In the article itself it is mentioned that the game is only for ages 17 and up, and usually those people have enough common sense and life experience to distinguish a humoristic video game from real life. They aren't gullible rubbish bins you can just stuff with false information until they transform into zealous idiots who have lost all connection with reality. Except maybe people who watch Fox News.

 

In all seriousness, though, it is shocking to see how criticasters such as Fox and Jack Thompson still do not seem to grasp the concept of 'this game is not directed towards children', so implying that the audience of Duke Nukem Forever consists of gullible preteens hardly puts the blame on the developer, but rather on the parents who allow their children to buy this game.

 

Fox News even went on to suggest that the recent delay of the game may be related to an alleged "what-were-they-thinking response shared across the gaming community" (yeah, the local chess club maybe). Little do they know that The Duke never comes early. And that he always wins.

 

Jesse Dolman, NoobFeed.

 

 

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Destructoid

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