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Designer Of Duke Nukem Forever Says Reviewer Is A 'Retard' For Halo 4 Review

Posted on Saturday, November 3 @ 11:07:05 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack
Criticism is something the video game industry can use more of... constructive criticism, that is.

A 7/10 awarded to Halo 4 by Electronic Gaming Monthly has summoned a cloud of angry fanboys, including the likes of the Lead Designer of Duke Nukem Forever, George Broussard. You'd think that he'd understand how to handle review scores after the slew of sub-par reviews for his last game, but apparently not.

George Broussard's rage drove him not only to make a lame meme attempt—Cool review, bro... really?—but also pushed him to call the reviewer a retard. Thankfully, the internet is full of humorous individuals, one of which recognized that the professed retard-hater made one of the worst games in history.


Serves you right. 

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Related Games:   Halo 4
Tags:   Halo, Duke Nukem


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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 am
    Hahahaha, classic. People being stupid on Twitter never gets old.
  • Squiggy
    Squiggy

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 am
    If Halo 4 is fun like having sex, Duke Nukem Forever is fun like trying to pee with an erection.
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow

    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:23 pm
    Squiggy, try peeing with an erection at someone else's house. A LOT more fun, because you don't have to clean it up.
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:26 pm
    Try peeing on someone else's erection. FUN.
  • omnimodis78
    omnimodis78

    Joined: Jul 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 6:10 pm
    "...slew of sub-par reviews for his last game..." -- you're being way too generous with that statement.
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 7:38 pm
    Ever gotten an erection from looking at peas?
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous

    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 pm
    I just lean forward, propping a hand against the toilet tank lid. Kinda like in the Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal video.
  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries

    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 3:52 pm
    Duke Nukem Forever is like sitting on a couch with a girl, having her brush your **** with her foot until it gets stiff and then NOT blowing or letting you hit it.

    You waited all that goddamned time and now you've got blue balls.
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:12 pm
    Was he lead designer for 3D Realms, or Gearbox? Because Gearbox didn't design the game, they tried to "finish" it. Polish a turd all you want to, in the end it's still a turd...
  • DigitalJeff51
    DigitalJeff51

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 pm
    Ice burn
  • vlietvandon
    vlietvandon

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:18 pm
    Ironic that he wants to pass judgement on a game considering he played a part in making one of the most disappointing games of all time. But I was a little surprised at the low score EGM gave the game too
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow

    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 12:25 pm
    As a designer at a video game company has he gotten to play halo 4 early or is he just saying on principal he assumes halo 4 must be worth more than 70?
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm
    I sincerely doubt he's played it.
  • Jessica_Vazquez
    Jessica_Vazquez

    Joined: Sep 2010
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 pm
    Yeah I totally agree. Anyone creatively involved in Duke Nukem Forever needs to shut the hell up. Halo 4's been getting a majority of great reviews with a metacritic score of "90", which is amazing, and one 7 out of 10 isn't going to hurt it. It's a shame that this ******* had to add bad press to such a positive pre-launch vibe. Do you think Georgi boy knows his last name rhymes with retard? I guess it takes one to know one...
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    Jessica, you echo my thoughts exactly.
  • Corbachu
    Corbachu

    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
    Um, wat? He created one of the most memorable games/franchises of all time (Duke Nukem 3D), and helped jump start the FPS genre in the first place with id and Apogee (do you remember the PC market, or were you born after 1993?). Are people really getting this upset over a comment he made? First of all, it's EGM... post-prime. Second, it's Twitter (lol). Third, who ****ing cares. Obviously if people are psshing Broussard's comments, he still matters as an industry figure and that's what counts. REGARDLESS THOUGH...George still knows how to turn heads, whether he's making games or not. Trolls need to troll harder next time.
  • THEundying27
    THEundying27

    Joined: Sep 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 pm
    I'm confused. Is this guy trying to say Halo deserves a higher score?
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm
    Basically, yes.

    He's the developer equivalent of one of the guys on N4G who gets irate when he finds out a game he doesn't even own got a sub-excellent review score.
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 pm
    Hahaha oh my god I lost my **** at that "A) should never be throwing the word retard around". God I love the internet
  • Lien
    Lien

    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 pm
    When cold cognition said that "A) Shouldn't be throwing around the word retard", i think he meant that as a professional game developer, he should NOT insult people with mental disability by comparing them to bad reviews... not that he was dumb...

    *reads all the comment posted by his fellow GR and sighs*
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:12 pm
    He specifically mentions that the guy is Lead Designer of Duke Nukem Forever. If he really was making a point about throwing around the word and its ill-nature then he would have left that out.

    That said, I agree that 'retard' should never be used as an insult.
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:18 pm
    You never go full retard
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:19 pm
    Have you guys read this review? If he was for GR I'd Hate-Fuck the **** out of him for this.
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:31 pm
    yeah, I didn't read in depth ( just browsed through it) but from what i gathered the main issue reviewer had was that halo 4 plays like halo and not like CoD...
  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 11:27 am
    To be more precise, his main point is that Halo is out-dated, and other FPS series show how to do it better. I can't say that I agree with that, but it's still an understandable perspective.
  • KaiserKold
    KaiserKold

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Nov 6th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
    His specific examples were seriously flawed, though.
  • ShadeTail
    ShadeTail

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
    For example? This isn't my area of expertise.
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 3:32 pm
    Read a review? Are you crazy? Nobody reads reviews, we just look at the score.
  • xclant
    xclant

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 4:15 pm
    You got me Tiny you got me hook line and sinker............ Poor reviewers you have such an ugly job to do Theres always gonna be a rabid fanboy ready to step in and nerd rage about your opinions.......

    Which reminds me Danielrbischoff if you EVER Rate a high moon transformers game under 10 again im going to hunt you down and slice you into cesium salami....... :P
  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 6:43 pm
    Technically it's under 5, and tiny yoû are so right about just reading scores. Like I have time to read all those words you reviewers mangle together. Just kidding love ya guys.... No homo
  • drathbone
    drathbone

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 8:29 pm
    Cool starry bra
  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 9:26 pm
    Seanbaby needs to step up and destroy George Broussard for his old magazine's sake, I know EGM is not the same site it used to be, but stil GB's comments were way out of line.
  • Imnickson
    Imnickson

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2012 at 11:42 pm
    Randy, fire this guy. I'm a stupid person on the internet and I have better judgment.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 3:40 am
    I'm surprised no one mentioned an elementary comeback, "It takes one to know one."
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 4:58 am
    Despite just how idiotic that guy was, he sure is going to get a lot of attention. Maybe it was his plan all along.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 11:49 am
    So the reviewer isn't a retard? This is almost the same as the BL2 review, it got a lower score for not playing like a game it isn't trying to be...
  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries

    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
    I waited 14 years to get my hands on the sequel to DUKE NUKEM 3D - which I think was the second FPS I ever played - right behind DOOM.

    Whoever "produced" and "developed" DNF should be FIRED and never allowed to touch a PC again. what's sad is these ******* ADHD retard kids who've grown up on CoD, think DNF was actually decent.

    DN3D had the best map design for a singleplayer experience I've ever seen - and I've played EVERYTHING. DN: Total Meltdown's extra maps were incredible.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
    How's the breeze over there?
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 7:47 pm
    You're the expert. After all, you were born way back in 1997.
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 5th, 2012 at 1:28 pm
    1996. and you probably didn't catch it, but I'M CALLING YOU A FANBOY.
  • BigTruckSeries
    BigTruckSeries

    Joined: May 2006
    Posted: Nov 5th, 2012 at 10:00 pm
    You're an idiot.
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
    I'm surprised people aren't swinging on his nuts cause he's defending Halo 4 to a lower review score than what it's getting everywhere else. But reviews won't matter, it's the consumers wallets and how long the multiplayer can keep people engrossed. The singleplayer will be fun for a couple runs but most people that are going to pick up Halo 4 want to kill each other online.
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
    I wonder what he thinks of the new Halo 4 review by Tom Chick where he gave it a 1/5.
  • UghRochester
    UghRochester

    Joined: Jun 2006
    Posted: Nov 5th, 2012 at 2:29 am
    Oh dear god. A 1/5? Source please?
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack

    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 5th, 2012 at 10:24 am
    I sent you a PM with the link.
  • R0ADK1LL
    R0ADK1LL

    Joined: Jul 2009
    Posted: Nov 4th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
    Casting my mind back to that one Psych paper I took, a retard is the definition for anyone with an IQ of lower than 85. If what you mean when you call someone a retard is in fact someone with a mental disability or some other definition, you are inaccurate & you'll probably find that they don't appreciate being called a retard either. Calling someone a retard should only be offensive to the person you are insulting, if anyone else feels offended by the term, it means they are admitting to being a retard in which case I don't know what to say to that. I suppose you can feel good about yourself for defending the rights of the imaginary person who was offended by the comment though, so pat yourself on the back - you're an amazing person for defending the honor of retards everywhere.
  • Diabolus
    Diabolus

    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Nov 5th, 2012 at 9:21 pm
    Maybe YOU didn't catch it, TheJx4, but I was calling you an idiotic kid who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 6th, 2012 at 6:56 am
    I am confused... Maybe I am a retard
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 6th, 2012 at 6:58 am
    On a further not never go full retard... I looked back and I saw what I missed earlier

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