Editing Duke Nukem 3D (section)

=== Controversy ===
''Duke Nukem 3D'' was attacked by some critics, who alleged that it promoted [[pornography]] and murder. In response to the criticism encountered, [[censored]] versions of the game were released in certain countries in order to avoid it being banned altogether. A similar censored version was carried at [[Wal-Mart]] retail stores in the United States.<ref name="Walmart-Wired"/>

In Australia, the game was originally refused classification on release.<ref name="9News"/> 3D&nbsp;Realms repackaged the game with the parental lock feature permanently enabled, although a patch available on the 3D&nbsp;Realms website allowed the user to revert the game back into its uncensored U.S. version.<ref name="Uncensored"/> The [[Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia)|OFLC]] then attempted to have the game pulled from the shelves, but it was discovered that the distributor had notified them of this fact and the rating could not be surrendered; six months later, the game was reclassified and released uncensored with an MA15+ rating.<ref name="Censory Overload"/> In Germany, the [[BPjM]] placed the game on their "List&nbsp;B" ("List of Media Harmful to Young People") of videos games, thus prohibiting its advertisement in the public. However, it was not fully confiscated, meaning that an adult could still request to see the game and buy it.<ref name="ListB"/> In 1999, ''Duke Nukem 3D'' was banned in Brazil, along with ''Doom'' and several other first-person shooters, after a rampage in and around a movie theater was supposedly inspired by the first level in the game.<ref name="DN3D-Banned"/>

Despite such concerns from critics, legislators, and publishers, Scott Miller later recounted that 3D&nbsp;Realms saw very little negative feedback to the game's controversial elements from actual gamers or their parents.<ref name="Barton99"/> He pointed out that ''Duke Nukem 3D'' was appropriately rated "M" and had no real nudity, and speculated that that was enough to make it inoffensive to the general public.<ref name="Barton99"/>