Who cares if Duke Nukem Forever is âgoodâ or not? It is at least as satisfying as a greasy burger, as catchy as a Ke$ha song or maybe as enjoyable as a performance of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark in which no one suffers a debilitating injury. (Or does. Which would make that superhero musical better?)
Randy Pitchford, co-founder of Gearbox Software and instrumental in seeing that Duke Nukem Forever finally shipped on a disc after more than a decade, took to Twitter this week to, well, if not defend his companyâs new game, then put it in the above context.
(For the record, Iâve not played Duke Nukem Forever, so I canât comment on its quality, but Iâll trust my colleagues who label the game a âfull-priced messâ and ânot in a good wayâ offensive. I just wanted to pass on Mr. Pitchfordâs take.)
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âWith sales data, It seems like *customers* love Duke,â Pitchford tweeted post DNF release. âI guess sometimes we want greasy hamburgers instead of caviarâŠâ Thatâs likely Randyâs response to Duke Nukem Foreverâs critical drubbing from reviewers.
Today, he continued the comparison between Duke Nukem and less selective tastes, writing âlooking at DNF for narrative depth: âItâs like Rolling Stone magazine trying to find a deep meaningful message in a Ke$ha song.'â
And on launch day, Pitchford remarked: âSo⊠Spiderman on Broadway finally opened the same day that Duke Nukem Forever shipped. COINCIDENCE?!?â In that they were both reviewed poorly and repeatedly delayed, yes, it is a little eerie.
Whatâs the takeaway? If youâre not sick of talking about or defending the long-in-the-making Duke Nukem Forever and youâre a fan of grease, pop pap and/or U2 musicals, you may have a kindred gaming soul mate in Randy Pitchford. Me? Iâm just excited Gearbox is freed up to get that Borderlands sequel done.
