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PAX East Booth Babe Controversy

Jonathan Heier of StickSkills.com writes, "This past weekend was PAX East, the gaming convention held in Boston where thousands of attendees were shocked to find the inclusion of the once believed banned “booth babes”. The problem that fans are having is that booth babes were against the official PAX guidelines for exhibitors. This was brought to my attention by a few female attendees at PAX who were vocal about the subject on Twitter. It wouldn’t take long to find out that the “booth babes” in question would belong to 2K games at the Duke Nukem Forever booth, who were dressed as school girls in white shirts tied up with their stomachs exposed and short skirts. Of course this isn’t the first time that Duke has been getting some attention for being part of the problem of exploiting women. Don’t believe us? How about the fact that their recent media event for the game was held in Las Vegas at a rented out strip club, where the same scantily clad women made their first appearance."

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heroicjanitor4814d ago

Haha brilliant. Duke is quite the legend.

RXL4814d ago

one of those booth babes looks like shes smuggling honey dew melons...

jeepers..

chainer30004813d ago

shock... sloots getting paid green to stand half dressed at a majority nerd/journalism convention for Duke Nukem. I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams....

Is this really news? If they want to whore themselves out in this way, let them. It's not sex, they're just selling with sex, which every market does in some manner.

Elven64814d ago

Duke laughs at your sanctions.

Can't believe the author didn't mention the infamous G.O.D. lot when mentioning Duke and women.

banjadude4814d ago

Haha, I'm pretty jealous of those guys.

MDK20024814d ago

@ARIJayden so you believe it is okay for booth babes and to take pictures with them?

chainer30004813d ago

I never have, nor will I probably ever go to a convention, but why the hell not? I take pictures with ringside girls at UFC events, pictures with models are bars promoting beers, etc - what is the issue here?

MDK20024813d ago

The debate is for an all ages convention that these models shouldn't be there. Some parents don't want their children exposed to some of these elements. Also it isn't fair to tell those parents or the children to not go if they want to enjoy the upcoming games.

chainer30004812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

@MDK - This makes sense to me. Still, they are no more exposed than they would be should you take your child to the beach, and honestly, as less likely to sleep or do something crazy while being paid compared to getting drunk at the beach.

Just putting it into perspective - it's okay for your kids to be exposed to hyper-realistic M-Rated games being displayed - but not to hot chicks wearing more than a bathing suit? Don't bring the kids to the Duke Nukem booth than FFS.

But I do see your logic and it follows, it comes down to crappy parenting in my eyes.

Gunna need + bub for another response

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2D Sidescrolling Version of Duke Nukem Forever Leaked

Duke Nukem Forever originally began its life as a sidescroller instead of a shooter back in 1996, and that canceled version has just been leaked.

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Rancegamerx508d ago

Very cool, but i don't know how real this is... I'll check it out later to find out.

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Duke Nukem Forever “remaster” restores Gearbox FPS to original glory

Duke Nukem Forever, the troubled FPS from Gearbox and 3D Realms, has been restored to more traditional 90s shooter thanks to a sweeping “remaster” mod

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XiNatsuDragnel608d ago

Awesome this needs to be released

Venoxn4g608d ago

It is out already, there is a download link inside the article too.

Aaroncls7608d ago

kinda of a misleading title.

Mod features:
Sprinting removed and faster player movement
Jump height increased
Swim speed is much faster
Player can now hold breath underwater for 45 seconds instead of 15
Weapon rebalance and screen shake when shooting removed
2/4 weapon limit completelly removed
Quicksaves (F5 by default)
Depth of Field removed and new post processing effects
Driving sections are now in first person perspective
yw.

Dandizzle608d ago

God damn Megadeth Duke Nukem anthem is the best.

Snookies12608d ago

It is pretty amazing, I remember being so hyped that they covered the Duke theme back when it happened haha. I still quite enjoyed Forever though personally.

Venoxn4g607d ago

It is great, you should check out Eric Calderone - Duke Nukem meets metal .. thats proper as well

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Duke Nukem Forever was ahead of its time, but nerfed before launch

Duke Nukem Forever, the infamous and controversial FPS from 3D Realms, apparently looked much better before launch, as modders discover various cut features

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masterfox650d ago

"so wrong yet so right"

Only a few will know what Im talking about lol :D

porkChop650d ago

Wow, that advanced lighting makes a huge difference to the visuals. I get that Gearbox tried to slap everything together and release a finished product. But it seems like they cut out a lot of content that would have made the experience more enjoyable. That's a shame.

Number1TailzFan649d ago

Nerfed due to consoles.. and not the first time it has happened.

-Foxtrot650d ago

Kind of amazing the difference a lighting engine makes

Number1TailzFan649d ago

Same, the AI could be pretty dumb but the bosses were fun. I thought the levels (mostly) got better later in the game too.

XiNatsuDragnel650d ago

Devs nerf a game man best quote I've ever heard.

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