Duke Nukem Forever courts controversy like few others, and if that’s secretly the goal, it’s being done masterfully. The upcoming FPS features a multiplayer, capture-the-flag mode that replaces flags with women — women you can “gently” slap while you carry them.
Speaking with Official Xbox Magazine, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford outlined some of the controversial elements of the game: “Our goal isn’t to shock people, but I think there’s some stuff that’s a bit uncomfortable. I mean, the aliens’ plan is to capture our women and impregnate them to breed an alien army, so you can imagine some horrible shit happens.”
Explaining the twist that Capture the Babe mode offers, he said it’s “pretty much what you’d expect to see from a CTF-style mode, with one small touch: the ‘Babe’ will sometimes freak out while you’re carrying her (somewhat understandable we’d say) at which point you have to hit a button to gently give her a reassuring slap.”
