The number of cringe worthy comments here is staggering. Where's the banhammer when you need it? I guess it's a small consolation that the majority of them appear to be unstarred and remain unpromoted comments.

It's sad to see the number of commenters excusing (or occasionally failing to recognise) sexism.

It's sad that the gaming industry is still so sexist and heteronormative.

I fully agree with Lydia. I'm a straight North-American male, aged 27, bachelor earning well in a full-time job. As such I'm pretty much the target market for all gaming these days. Buteven I agree with this article. This industry has grown to a whole new level and exposure like never before. More and more genres and…

Bravo, Lydia. I quite agree.

Well said. I don't understand why so many people are dismissing a realistic issue that she faces in the industry.

I believe you didn't quite get the point she's making though - It wasn't that she "felt" left out - she was, literally and figuratively, left out due to her gender.

Bravo sir, bravo.

No, Kotaku commenters. Feel free to agree or disagree with this article, but stop dismissing it out-of-hand.

She can make decisions for herself, you can't say what she would or wouldn't like for her.

@Skyeatsyourface: Since you don't seem to understand what's being said here I'll give you the tl;dr version:

Its not that she wasn't allowed though. It was the coworkers who said that she really should not go. I don't think 2K or anyone stopped her from actually going there.

That is kinda the point of the article.. she wanted to join in with the guys but wasn't allowed because she was female. It's pre-school shit, not stuff that should be accepted in a business industry.

She's entirely right. The industry really needs to grow up and mature, unlike a lot of the commenters on this site. Especially the ones that can't understand anyones articles that even relate to Duke Nukem Forever in the slightest. I swear it's like everyone forgot how to read and comprehend things.

@RedRaptor: I'm not sure you have the right direction. The thing she is basically talking about in a nut shell is that she feels slighted because as a journalist, it should be assumed she was impartial enough to judge the game on its own merits, regardless of her gender or how the content of the game might be…

They're not uninvolved, they're co-workers. They told her that she shouldn't go because they didn't want her to see how THEY were going to act during the party. And when someone tells you that you shouldn't go to a party, do you really feel invited or welcome at that point? At that point you think to yourself that…

I'm sorry, Lydia, that you weren't able to go. I always find that a raucous bout of debauchery is almost ALWAYS better when there are more than just guys around. I would have sneaked you into the party if I had to and gotten the pictures to prove it.

So many people here misunderstand the post entirely. It's not about the sexism in the game, it's about the sexism in the industry.

Very good article. Seems much more about the PR for the game then an actual complaint about anything in the game in general though. I guess it can't be helped seeing as its Duke Nukem and once you take away its stupid, juvinile veneer your left with nothing appealing.

Anything that automatically excludes women is something that any wise man should also avoid... which is why I'll not be buying, renting, or borrowing DNF. Lazy thinkers assume that things like this fail because women are prudes. People with a more full life experience know that women are at least as capable of lewd…