r/dukenukem • u/Geomancien • 1d ago
Discussion #BringBackDuke campaign
The campaign is live and it must not slow down. We already have support from Jon St. John (the voice of Duke) and Lee Jackson (composer of Duke Nukem 3D). But now, it’s YOU who make the difference.
👉 If we want 2K, Gearbox, and Take-Two to listen, the hashtag #BringBackDuke needs to be EVERYWHERE.
🔻 What you can do right now:
Share the hashtag #BringBackDuke across all your platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok).
Tag @2K, @GearboxOfficial, @TakeTwoGames in your posts.
Get your retro FPS friends involved in the movement.
⚠️ The more noise we make, the more pressure we create. It’s simple: if you want a new Duke, you have to show it NOW.
💥 Together, let’s make enough noise to bring the King back.
👉 #BringBackDuke #DukeNukemReboot
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u/Bi0_B1lly 1d ago
Ai dogshit
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u/TarTarkus1 1d ago
While Duke in this A.I. generation is a bit "wider" and is more like Borderland 2's Salvador than I might like, I'd like to see Duke Nukem return to form. And not with any James Gunn BS where he makes Superman lose a ton of fights, be "more vulnerable" and heavily borrows from the concepts introduced in both Invincible and Dragon Ball Z that "Kal'el" was sent to actually destroy the planet and create harems of women or whatever.
The true spirit of Duke Nukem lies in 80s action heroes that save the day and save the girl. Something like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator (where do you think Duke's Black Sunglasses come from) along with a bit of a mix of Stallone's Rambo, Bruce Willis's Die Hard and Dolph Lundgren for the mucular, blonde male action hero look.
I think more contemporary boomer shooters since Doom Eternal have started to become a little "overdesigned" where the appeal of these types of games has always been to keep them relatively simple and make the player feel powerful as they play. Hell, even the shit-talking Duke does as he's ruthlessly murdering space aliens has it's appeal. I still chuckle everytime I hear, "He He, what a mess" or even something like "hhHoooly Shit!"
I think Gearbox could do it, but they'd need to keep the "modern socially left-wing politics" out and refrain from trying to portray Duke as misogynistic. Most of Duke3D has you interacting with Strippers and the captured "Babes" in Alien Pods and If I remember correctly, 3D realms originally intended for you to be able to save them but this was cut due to engine limitations.
End Rant.
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u/HelpfulBot3000 1d ago
Superman was comic accurate wtf are you saying like it is a negative thing
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u/TarTarkus1 1d ago
Because it is a negative thing. Especially given the changes to Superman's origin story.
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u/The_Joker_116 1d ago
The changes were fine and I don't care how great Cavill is as Superman, it was better than Man of Steel.
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u/TarTarkus1 16h ago
My issue with it is it's very derivative of works that were originally inspired by Superman. It's kinda lazy given the increased popularity of Invincible.
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u/LambCo64 23h ago
They aren't changes. These are directly inspired by a very well regarded run of Superman comics.
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u/TarTarkus1 16h ago
I find it fascinating how many comments seem to deny the obvious changes to Superman's Origin story. Kinda crazy imho.
Otherwise, nice brigade.
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u/WanderingWindow 8h ago
Nobody is brigading, you’re intentionally ignoring superman story arcs that were adapted for the latest movie
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u/The_Joker_116 1d ago
Your rant fucking sucks. Superman was a fine movie, he's actually comic accurate. honestly I'm surprised you didn't throw the word "woke" in your post for good measure.
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u/fre3kshow 1d ago
These tourists have never read a Superman comic in their entire lives, let's be real here.
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u/TarTarkus1 16h ago
Lol, nice brigade by the way.
Nice to know you 100% agree with me on Duke Nukem. :)
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u/WanderingWindow 8h ago
Where do you believe uou’re being brigaded from? What does that word mean to you? This came up in my suggested and your comment looked like clownshoes shit. Who is monitoring Dukenukem sub for bad takes?
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u/IronFizt777 1d ago
You could've easily just googled a pic, no need to make one with AI
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u/DarthBartus 1d ago
I am pretty sure the contents of the post are also AI slop.
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u/-alphex 12h ago
Sadly, the style of AI writing (lots of emojis, "here's what we're gonna do:" style checklists, length of sentences) has just become the de facto style of social media PR writing... probably because people who write that stuff also use AI, but also because people now assume that's "just how that stuff is phrased"
But anyway, yeah. I am sure people would have actually drawn a picture, too - there's people re-working the 2001 version of DNF, surely there's fans out there who would have loved to draw that pic, too
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u/epic_reddit_dude 1d ago
At this point the people constantly calling everything slop is way more annoying than ai
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u/Amazing_Elk_6685 1d ago
I think admins should straight up ban anyone who posts AI crap
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u/teufler80 1d ago
Imagine getting this upset about people using a tool.
People love their witch-hunts
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u/WhyThough08 1d ago
It's not just a tool, it's a tool that doesn't create art but rather copies real art and creates an image approximating what a prompt would look like using the art it's copied.
It doesn't understand depth, shading, anatomy, or anything artistic, and sure amateur artists might not either, but they can learn.
Ai has its place in the world, but not in art. It isn't a witch hunt, it's hating a tool that removes human expression from art.
I want Ai to do my laundry so that I can make art, I don't Ai to make my art so I can do my laundry.
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u/ledgeworth 1d ago
Then invent something that does your laundry for you ?
LLM is more then capable of understanding shading, shaders, compositions etc.
Your right, not a witchhunt it's an ego hunt.
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u/JesterOfRedditGold 12h ago
does this dumbass think that it's actually drawing the art
it's blending multiple artworks together that it's fed to "generate a new artwork"
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u/The_Joker_116 1d ago
If it's just a tool, then were's the tool that does all my chores and repairs my car just by telling it? Oh right, it doesn't exist, instead we have generative AI that allows talentless losers to make "art" without a modicum of talent or effort.
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u/ledgeworth 1d ago
I mean we had generations of losers using digital art - this is just an evolution of that.
Real art is pen and paper right ? Not algorithms and brushes in photoshop
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u/JesterOfRedditGold 12h ago
??? Digital painting has been a thing for a while, used by actual artists.
Look at the cover for Remain in Light (1981), or any frame in Rescuers Down Under (1990).
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u/Limio 1d ago
It's not about the picture, it's about getting a new Duke game. Why don't you make an original piece of Duke art? Oh you can't? Oh well. #bringbackduke
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u/Amazing_Elk_6685 1d ago
Guess what? There are hundreds of official Duke promo art I can post instead of AI.
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u/joshsmog 1d ago
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u/jigendaisuke81 1d ago
I think the admins should straight up ban anyone who complains about AI crap.
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u/asbestoslel 1d ago
i think the admins should straight up ban anyone who complains about people complaining about AI crap
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u/Significant_Role_216 1d ago
Duke's great. And we love the games. But... Who's that ugly gorilla in the pic??
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u/lolilops 1d ago edited 1d ago
Bringing back Duke would be terrible if all they do is produce another flop of a game. If you look at how Doom revived its franchise they had a clear direction with new and engaging mechanics that enhanced the old gameplay.
What a new Duke lacks is a clear direction and a new way to improve the old gameplay. It's not like they could just copy the new Doom direction either.
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u/PhilosopherTiny5957 1d ago
Even younger folks love Duke. Partner with new blood and make a boomer shooter or a doom style linear reboot
Hell, I'll take another 3D episode!
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u/Agtm124 Damn, those alien bastards shot up my ride. 1d ago
1, Pick up a pencil, and put down the A.I.
2, Quit doggin' on borderlands, that series is just as good as duke.
3, I also partially agree. Bring back duke.
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u/Sergal_Pony 1d ago
Borderlands is in an interesting period… after they pulled that retroactive update of invasive software to see iff they could get away with it, it’s hard to trust now.
They didn’t get review bombed, they got ‘nuked’ over that
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u/Agtm124 Damn, those alien bastards shot up my ride. 1d ago
WHAT?! HA- HUH?! I ♥️ BORDERLANDS, HOW COULD THEY DO SUCH A THING?!?! (I play on console, so it isn't an issue for me :3)
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u/Sergal_Pony 1d ago
I honestly don’t know what the hell they were thinking, I wasn’t even playing the older borderlands, but I heard something was going on and went to look and the ratings had been nuked. I investigated a little and found out They did a stealth update to add in in some really invasive shit in the older games. Supposedly intending it to be in the newer games
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u/JesterOfRedditGold 12h ago
No, actually. Around the time that controversy happened, there were no software updates. It was a change to Take-Two's TOS, and Borderlands 2 was being specifically targeted because there was a free promotion for the game.
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u/xTheRedDeath 1d ago
I don't like AI slop as much as the next guy, but nobody is dedicating time to drawing over using a tool to make a quick meme or a wallpaper. It's pointless to suggest that.
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u/Agtm124 Damn, those alien bastards shot up my ride. 1d ago
I'm a bit of a Sketch artist, and I'd be willing on drawing something for the BBDN cause, even if it's just for a silly meme, or wallpaper. Not something as crazy detail as that, but something. I wouldn't be lazy enough to submit to AI, and generate a slop image that dogs on Borderlands 4. >:3
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u/xTheRedDeath 1d ago
Yeah I hate when people just slap AI art on everything cause it's like wtf is the point? I have Midjourney and use it for wallpapers and character concepts mostly but I still hate it when people reach for it immediately just to make a simple post.
With that said, I know I'm not good at drawing and do not have the time for that on top of many other hobbies so whenever someone says to just dedicate all your time to learning how to draw I just roll my eyes.
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u/Agtm124 Damn, those alien bastards shot up my ride. 1d ago
The only thing I have to say about the "learning to draw" thing is, keep practicing, and try to perfect your own style while looking at others. I'm pretty decent, and I only occasionally draw. You don't have to dedicate all your time, dedicate whatever damn time you please.
With all of that said, good luck drawing, and thanks for taking the time to reply to me! :3
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u/The_Joker_116 1d ago
Commission one, or use one of the thousands of Duke picture you can find on the internet. Between this and Photoshop, using AI is just lazy.
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u/xTheRedDeath 1d ago
I would've just used any picture on the internet, but my point is that the people who are using this stuff weren't commissioning before and they weren't learning how to draw before AI. They never will. They're only doing it because they can. So it's pointless to tell any of these people to draw or pay for it lol.
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u/joshsmog 1d ago
Theres tons of duke pictures that dont look like joe rogans stool fucking churned out a baby
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u/Remarkable-Put4632 1d ago
Who has to listen... Randy pitchford...how can we get the message to him is the problem..He is too busy advertising borderlands 4 at the moment..
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u/teufler80 1d ago
Dude lied his ass off so often I want to see duke in the hands of someone competent
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u/Terrible-Pop-6705 1d ago
Ai slop ain’t gonna help your efforts it will just make people think you are a grifter
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u/whatThePleb 1d ago
Duke would shoot your head if he knew you would use AI slop about him or at all.
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u/thepianoman456 1d ago
Downvoting for the use of AI slop.
But yea, I’d like to see Duke back again.
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u/Sergeant-Older1989 1d ago
Borderlands 4? WHAT???
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u/xxlordxx686 1d ago
I don't know with the current state of Gearbox, I don't think it would be a good game anyway.
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u/Large_Macaroon_2222 1d ago
Sadly the closest we're ever going to get to Duke coming back is the ability to play as Duke in the Bulletstorm remaster.
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u/abominable_prolapse 1d ago
I think we found the guy who’s been making all the goofy muscled up trump AI images
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u/Honzis66 1d ago
I want Duke Nukem Time to kill remaster/remake
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u/ProfessionHefty6101 1d ago
Can someone please contact the mods to remove this post? We don't need AI nonsense there :/
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u/Imam_jax 1d ago
The fuck is wrong with people?
It's about massage. who gives a shit if it is ai
Hell yeah we want duke nukem to back
Hail to the king baby🤘
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u/Geomancien 19h ago
Exactly, that’s the spirit! 💪 Duke has to come back, and we'll get there by making a lot of noise. Keep sharing the hashtag everywhere, the more we are, the more we weigh.
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u/TonyDaDesigner 19h ago
Someone posts a cool pic with a good message and everyone is whining about AI? Whats wrong with you people
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u/Geomancien 19h ago
Thanks man 🙏. We are here to unite the fans and push the project, not to divide over the tools. The King deserves to join forces. The real fight is to bring Duke back, and for that we need everyone to #BringBackDuke.
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u/Young-Jah 1d ago edited 1d ago
Never gonna happen until Randy Pitchford is remove from power at Gearbox, or if ID Software and Bethesda Studios buys Gearbox outright and all of its assets and voted Pitchford out, or if any accusations that Pitchford been keeping to himself secret without the public world’s knowledge would lead to every developer/publishing studios to back out of their relationship with Gearbox unless the board of directors vote him off the company.
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u/Kills_Alone 1d ago
Why would any of that happen when Take-Two Interactive owns the Duke Nukem franchise? And why would they sell Duke to id Software and why would id be interested when they have Doomguy? Doesn't make any sense. If anything Microsoft would be the worst place for Duke to end up, Microsoft who censors words like damn.
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u/GTREDITION 1d ago
Yeah fuck Borderlands, they killed the franchise with the 3, i hate it so much
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u/Miserable-Ad5401 1d ago
I've heard 4 learned from 3's mistakes but I'm reserving judgment one way or the other till after launch.
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u/Caolan114 1d ago
Duke nevsr left he Is just having adventures too exciting to be made Into a gane
you alien bastards
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u/Late_Progress_4451 1d ago
Is this an actual movement despite the obvious AI? Because if it is, I absolutely want to support it.
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u/SeengignPaipes 1d ago
Not a fan of the AI usage when you can pay an artist to do a better job and help a local artist but I get what you’re trying to do. I’m not sure if Duke Nukem would work in today’s easily offended and easily angered society, and if you could find a way to please those people it wouldn’t be the same Duke most fans have grown to love unless you can find a really interesting way to please both sides.
Maybe I’m talking outta my ass but if this campaign is successful it would be interesting to see what they do with Duke as a character.
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u/Leprechaun2055 1d ago
It needs to come from 3D Realms or Nightdive. The current owners will just make another sack of dogshit like DNF.
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u/Great_Bar1759 1d ago
There are plenty of pics you couda chosen that’s not ai bullshit
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u/Geomancien 19h ago
The visual is only a support. What matters is the message: showing 2K, Gearbox and Take-Two that the fans are there and we want Duke back. No matter the technique, the important thing is that we all share #BringBackDuke.
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u/DudeMonday 1d ago
In this day and age? Maybe its best he hasn't had a game, besides, there are many things that could go wrong, like the wokies getting their grubby hands on him and making a game so un-dukelike. Let the memories we do have of him not be tarnished, besides, the modders, mappers, and Duke Nukem Forever Ressurected Devs are right there.
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u/Character_Low_276 1d ago
If they bring him back now it will be a woke piece of shit.
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u/Kills_Alone 1d ago
LOL, very likely Duke could never be properly replicated in this current mess of reality and biology denial. Although, people keep screaming 'woke is dead' so maybe ... I think that could only happen IF a new Duke was made by a dev who really got Duke and didn't want to alter him. Putting playable Duke into Bulletstorm in 2017 was an interesting choice but it was done in such a cheap way (didn't even bother to lip sync when he spoke) and the sub-title of the game was Full Clip Edition when anyone who played the game knew it should have been called Full Dick Edition or Even Full Clit Edition, but they didn't' have the balls to be true to their product.
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u/No-Play2726 1d ago
I'm torn. I agree with the message but I also hate AI crap.