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Re:Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly... by andrewvc on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @01:41AM (#2651919)
Hey, I can believe that the game sucks in a painfully humorless way, never said it didn't. I'm just talking about the writing style of the article. If it was that unfunny, there should have been plenty of material in the article for the author to riff on.

As is, he sounds like a straight laced bore.

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Re:Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly... by scott_s on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @09:37AM (#2652882)
Criticizing a game review primarily because it's not funny seems like a non-sequiter to me.
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Re:Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly... by JabavuAdams on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @09:12AM (#2652800)
Yeah, because we need more over-the-top game "writing".
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Re:Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly... by mishmash on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @02:49AM (#2652031)
Agreed such a terrible review.

I mean his first reaction was to kill the women - and then shout down the game for it - considering they explode exactly 5 seconds after the dialogue ends, so yeah, really tried to avoid that huh..

http://youtu.be/bbGihyEoOy8

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Re:Duke Nukem Forever: barely playable, not funny, rampantly... by StavrosK on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @04:39AM (#2652271)
How the hell did he miss that? It actually takes three seconds from "we'll get the weight off, we swear" to them screaming end exploding.

Also, my favorite bit:

"Duke, what's happening to us?"

"Looks like you're... awkward pause fucked."

If that's any indication, I completely sympathize with the reviewer.

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