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Game would be considered too politically incendiary if released today.
by xeonmc 8mo ago
Game would be considered too politically incendiary if released today.
- yorwba 8mo agoOr the other way around. Wolfenstein 3D was first banned in Germany in 1994, but unbanned in 2018: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/german-ratings-board-starts-allowing-nazi-symbols-in-video-games/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/german-ratings-board-...
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- legitster 8mo agoWolfenstein 3D was pretty squarely a WWII fantasy shooter. Only later does it get into the alternate history post-war stuff which does get somewhat more squarely political. I think it cuts both ways. The Wolfenstein franchise has obviously relished in violence against Nazis, but also inadvertently is part of the trend of glorifying them.
- c-hendricks 8mo agoToday? It's been criticized for almost a decade https://steamcommunity.com/app/612880/discussions/0/1470840994965893256/ https://steamcommunity.com/app/612880/discussions/0/14708409... https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/06/alt-right-are-complaining-about-nazis-being-killed-video-games https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/06/alt-right-...