Duke Nukem doesn’t really fit in the modern world, except as the poster boy of toxic masculinity. As much as I like the OG games for the gameplay, I don’t see the character working now unless they change him dramatically.
I dunno, it was pretty over the top back then already. Just lean into it, put him across some ultra feminist and let them both grow from it. Similar to Austin Powers. I think Civvie said something along those lines in his DN Forever video.
i love the new headcanon duke that the internet has developed after the games. he’s still a rabid womanizer, but he’s wizened with age and become a supportive womanizer. “nobody messes with our chicks and lives” applies to all women. trans women are women because hey, more chicks is always good. and trans men? hell yeah, who wouldn’t want to be like duke?
They could pull a Spec Ops: The Line, and use the franchise flag to pull a masterful writing twist that analyzes the original gluttony in a confrontational way.
Duke Nukem doesn’t really fit in the modern world, except as the poster boy of toxic masculinity. As much as I like the OG games for the gameplay, I don’t see the character working now unless they change him dramatically.
I dunno, it was pretty over the top back then already. Just lean into it, put him across some ultra feminist and let them both grow from it. Similar to Austin Powers. I think Civvie said something along those lines in his DN Forever video.
That sounds … genius
i love the new headcanon duke that the internet has developed after the games. he’s still a rabid womanizer, but he’s wizened with age and become a supportive womanizer. “nobody messes with our chicks and lives” applies to all women. trans women are women because hey, more chicks is always good. and trans men? hell yeah, who wouldn’t want to be like duke?
They could pull a Spec Ops: The Line, and use the franchise flag to pull a masterful writing twist that analyzes the original gluttony in a confrontational way.
Just get Gianni Matragrano on the team and let him go nuts.