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'Duke Nukem Does the Internet' shows Duke hates Nazi sympathizers, racists and gay-bashers
- Thread starter Tizoc
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Which is... published by 3D Realms, the studio that used to own the rights to Duke.
Yeah, this is why I said so.
If they want to "replicate the 90s action fps games" then they need to replicate this.
I wish he could be this progressive in the games.
That's such a dumb funny joke.
I'm curious what of that is in the book. Online it goes for as little as $60~70 used and is a book I am pretty tempted to own and read through :3
Ah the good ole days when Nazis had to be in Usenet groups instead of being able to openly congregate in easily accessible social media circles.
Very interesting parallel with the Ion Fury debacle indeed.
Only thing that's a bit cringey is lumping anarchists with Nazi sympathizers and terrorists. But in fairness, those were different times when most people thought anarchism = chaos, and thus anarchists were just another word for nihilists and nutjobs. Even to this day, most people think that's what anarchism is about.
Only thing that's a bit cringey is lumping anarchists with Nazi sympathizers and terrorists. But in fairness, those were different times when most people thought anarchism = chaos, and thus anarchists were just another word for nihilists and nutjobs. Even to this day, most people think that's what anarchism is about.
How is 3D Realms "clearly shit" from the Ion Fury situation?
I thought it was nice to see them put out a statement, donate to a good cause, and promise change in a clear way. Or should it have been purely a punative reaction?
They're walking back their apology.
Don't feel too bad, that story keeps zigzagging all over the place. It is hard to keep track of it. They have now walked back their apology.
They are not changing the "Ogay" tagged sprite to be something else. Perhaps the zero out of bounds texture as well? They really should change the out of bounds one as I see it.
Hrm, unexpected.
I still like very much that they donated to a charity, said they would sever contract in the future, and require mandatory trainings. Those are nice things as I see it.
Just saw it above. ^^
Are you confident the donation is happening? The whole situation changed multiple times. Show me the receipts.
I am as confident as anyone else can be I guess. I really cannot show you receipts since I do not work there or at the charity. I would of course like them to.
The language they are using in their tweets right now pretty much confirms that they haven't made the donation yet. They are talking about it in the future tense. "We are still donating" rather than "We have donated." And, with how things have currently gone, there is certianly a chance that they might not actually donate, especially if they still get pressure from the alt-right after this.
That is Voidpoint's twitter right? Not 3d realms'?
I definitely stand by liking those 3 facets of their original statement. Hope they see them through.
To me, those facets of their statement are only good if we can trust that they'll actually follow through with them. The walking back of their plans to remove the offensive content from the game shows to me they can't be trusted, and that it isn't worth trusting them to donate or put the staff through the sensitivity training.
I didn't actually mean you, of course. I'm just saying my confidence in their sincerity is low and they've walked back a few times at this point.
Yeah - I would prefer if they were consistent.
No problem there. I think they can be sincere still (3D Realms that is) - as this is a rather unique situation from a PR perspective, given how there are 2 distinct companies here. Seems frmo my perspective like Void + 3D R are on slightly diff pages? Perhaps.
Sorry for the bump, but thanks for posting this. I've long tried to put the same sentiment into words without this careful analysis or research (mostly because I don't care to revisit Duke Nukem Forever). It drives me mad when people conflate Duke Nukem 3D and Forever as being more or less the same thematically or character-wise. Duke is insufferable in DNF, and is not at all the same character that he was in 3D, which--for however problematic that game was, framing aside--doesn't touch the ugliness and general misanthropy of Duke Nukem Forever.
Great read.
