Tu Quoque

Duke Nukem Forever should not exist

thefeministhub:

I wrote this angry rant about Duke Nukem and rape culture over on my blog; I usually talk about Video Games and Doctor Who and Linux and board games over there, but in this post, the topic strayed into Feminism much more than usual, so I thought I’d share it with the Hub. Enjoy!

[Trigger warning for the linked post]

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Frankly, I don’t care whether you’re offended. Offense is not the point. When I say that Duke Nukem Forever should not exist, I don’t say that because I think it is offensive. I say it because it will cause material harm. It reinforces – undeniably and strongly – the cultural narrative that rape is acceptable. Because when something is made into a joke, it is normalized. It is established as a set part of our culture. This will inevitably make it seem more reasonable, or justifiable, because it isnormal. That is what rape culture does – it makes rape seem normal, inevitable, and by extension, acceptable.

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   goddamn this thing sounds vile i thought it would be annoying in a Marvel Divas kind of fashion, but apparently i was...

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    [Trigger warning: discussion of rape,...culture, victim blaming, murder] After putting...

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    [Trigger warning for...linked post] Quote of

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    will say again - why...didn’t simply become an amusing vaporware story

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    Okay, I figured “Herp Derp! Preposterone!” but this is just… Hateful, reinforcing harmful cultural narratives and an...

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    “You should read it” of

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    Urgh I recently saw a commercial for this game on tv. Felt like vomiting.

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    had not been keeping up with reviews of...holy crap. The player character makes rape jokes...

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    They’re feminists. They’re gonna exaggerate a lot of things. Games are games; they aren’t meant to be taken seriously....

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    Eh, maybe I need to sit down and go through them again. At least they weren’t as bad as what was described here. (And I...

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    Long, but an excellent read. This is why we are not buying (or otherwise supporting) this game.

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