The Onion Takes On Duke Nukem Forever

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Posted June 17, 2011 - By Stephen Johnson

Those long-time Internet comedians at The Onion have taken on Duke Nukem Forever, a game that has been in development almost as long as The Onion has existed! I won't spoil the punchlines... just visit The Onion's page to read their take on DNF!

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V_Translanka

Every so often The Onion puts out a real gem of a story that pokes fun at real life journalism with a heavy heap of surrealism...this is not one of those stories. There are 13 years worth of jokes and this is their best? Why'd they bother?

Posted: June 17, 2011 6:25 PM
cardinalsfan1122

The Onion is usually not very funny but the middle comment was alright.

Posted: June 17, 2011 11:45 AM
TheBRADLeyB

Yeah the Onion is not funny. I don't know much about it, I've seen a few of their more publicized videos and I've seen some of the episodes of The Onion News Network and The Onion Sportsdome...

Almost 98 Percent of the garbage I've seen regarding the Onion is just stupid. It's the kind of stuff you'd have to be high on weed to find funny (which my dad says the same about most SNL Skits!).

I mean it's just stupid. I mean what can you expect from a bunch of idiots from Wisconsin. Boo Badgers!

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are funny because they are reporting actual news and then poking fun or pointing out humerus things. Weekend Update is funny because it reports random news and then has a funny zinger at the end of the joke. Sportshow With Norm McDonald is usually funny (and I'm not a big Norm McDonald fan) because once again it's all related to real stories or happenings.

But the Onion gives you stories like, "Thousands Turn Out For Empire State Building's Annual No-Hassle Suicide Day " and, "Obama's Aunt Sends Him Article Mentioning United States" which are seriously the worst... I don't know. I don't know if it's really a joke because The Onion seems to have a small bit of it that actually wants to be a news source, I don't know if it's Satire because I don't understand what the heck they are satireing (or I am spelling). I mean I guess you could call it a lot of things but Funny is not one of them.

Oh wait, here's a funny headline "Baserunner Caught In Rundown Bites Cyanide Capsule To Avoid Falling Into Enemy Hands"!!! HA HA HA! You see what they did there was they took a sports game and they used the term "Caught in Rundown" as though he was a soldier caught behind enemy lines. And you see, Cyanide Capsules are issued to spys and soldiers so they can not be tortured!... HA HA HA! Oh my god... Oh my god... This is some funny stuff... Oh god forget everything I just said, this Website is a GEM!...

And additionally the Duke Nukem Forever (a game which just doesn't peak my interest) jokes were stupid as well. And is Third Person shooter a code for lesbian or something now? I forgot to mention that as well as being stupid jokes, the onion usually has jokes that don't make sense or that come out of left field as if they are being written by a 8 year old with ADD and no friends.

Posted: June 17, 2011 10:25 AM
JustTheBeginning

Definitely some of the least funny Duke Nukem Jokes I have heard. My spidey-senses are tingling about this being a pitch for The Onion, rather than actually funny news.

Maybe it is just me, but I do not find fake news funny, AT ALL. I mean how is this the Onion funny, its just fake jokes tied to real stories, the only remotely funny thing about the onion is when people believe the news is real.

Posted: June 17, 2011 10:01 AM