Fox News - Video Game's 'Capture the Babe' Mode Has Players Slapping Women - Polidicks

[release][img]http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/604/341/Duke%20Nukem%20Forever%204.JPG[/img] Gearbox Studios A screenshot from the trailer for Duke Nukem Forever, which resurrects the familiar sexist sterotypes seen in the original versions of the game. 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. [url=http://www.dukenukemforever.com/full/us/]The new iteration of the game,[/url] 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 [url=http://www.womensmediacenter.com/]Women's Media Center,[/url] told FoxNews.com. "These depictions of women are extremely harmful, especially to young women," she added. Duke Ferris, editor-in-chief at [url=http://www.gamehelper.com/]gamehelper.com,[/url] 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 [url=http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/video-games/xbox.htm#r_src=ramp]Xbox[/url] 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 [url=http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/video-games/video-games.htm#r_src=ramp]video games[/url] 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. [img]http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/Duke%20Nukem%20Forever_604x500.JPG[/img] Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford defended the Capture the Babe mode in an interview published in Xbox Magazine. "Our goal isn't to shock people, but I think there's some stuff that'll be just a bit uncomfortable," he said. "We try to get right up to that edge and then relax enough so people don't reject it." They may have crossed the line this time. Following the what-were-they-thinking response shared across the gaming community, Gearbox announced Thursday yet another delay to the overdue game's release. Duke Nukem Forever, which had been slated for release May 3, is now scheduled for June 14. The company did not say whether the delay was related to the controversy.[/release] [url]http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/25/duke-nukem-dustup-games-capture-babe-mode-players-slapping-women/[/url] Oh cool more free publicity for Duke Nukem Forever, thanks Fox News!

Cant wait

Fucking FOX got to Duke Nukem, DAMN IT. :argh:

[quote]A new videogame that requires you to abduct women and give them a "reassuring slap" if they freak out has [B]gamers[/B] and women's rights-groups crying foul.[/quote] I don't think gamers have said anything like that?

[QUOTE=Mikesword221;28830817]I don't think gamers have said anything like that?[/QUOTE] And you think Fox cares? They pretty much just say whatever makes their point sound better, even if it's blatant lies.

Picking this game up. First day buy. Thanks Fox!

I'm a horny 15 year old gamer, and I find strippers, tits, and slapping women on their asses offensive.

ahahahahahahaha who the fuck would get offended by childish fun like duke nukem

[QUOTE=tier56;28830811]Fucking FOX got to Duke Nukem, DAMN IT. :argh:[/QUOTE] It'll be fine. Don't worry. Always bet on Duke.

Knew it. Knew they would do this. FOX is so predictable, it's funny.

[QUOTE=Mikesword221;28830817]I don't think gamers have said anything like that?[/QUOTE] Quiet! Let them keep thinking gamers care, unless you want them to start talking about how bad it is for us.

Sorry if this is meme shit, but I find the pelvic thrusting quite relavent [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hemW4z_J_Uo&feature=related[/media]

Because Fox totally cares about sexism

Fuck this shit. Consumers aren't buying this for their families. Men ages 17 - 30 are buying this to play by themselves, late at night after a hard day of work.

Oh Fox, you so silly.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af0Yei2sAbE[/media] if hitting women is good enough for ronald reagan it's good enough for america

[QUOTE=cqbcat;28830985]Fuck this shit. Consumers aren't buying this for their families. Men ages 17 - 30 are buying this to play by themselves, late at night after a hard day of work.[/QUOTE] No this is for children what are you talking about go away

...And people aren't concerned about sexism in other forms of media.

[QUOTE=Political Gamer;28830790] 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. [/QUOTE] wait what I don't think so tim

Hey Fox: Blow it out your ass!

Personally, I'm more concerned about the killing mode... where you kill people.

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Long live the king, baby.

Fox hires busty blondes and parades them around the newsroom like it's Hooters, who are they to talk about sexism

isn't pretty much anyone who cares about this game old enough to have played the first 3 anyway? it's not like a bunch of ten year olds will be playing it

It's the same thing about Mass Effect's controversy. FOX made it seem as though the game contained nothing but sex, and that the game's main demographic was young children who could "lose their innocence" by being exposed to the flash of a nipple. Both Mass Effect and Duke Nukem Forever are meant to be played by male teenagers/adults, not little kids with parents who should know better than to let their kids play games like that.

In other news, men's rights groups and police associations are attacking DNF for their portrayal as men and police as pigs.

Gear box better not take this out. This isnt going to hurt anyone because no one takes duke nukem seriously. [editline]26th March 2011[/editline] [quote]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.[/quote] And you know a credit card, something most 10 year olds don't own.

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;28832063]Gear box better not take this out. This isnt going to hurt anyone because no one takes duke nukem seriously.[/QUOTE] They won't, they're probably laughing their asses off at this very moment.

well of course it's sexist but so what advertising it and plastering it everywhere doesn't change anything about it plus it's so tongue in cheek it doesn't even matter oh oh who cares about genital mutilation, THERE'S A FUCKING GAME WHERE YOU SLAP WOMEN'S ARSES!