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Re: Oh, RPS. by Rafiki 02/24/2014, 10:53am PST
Yet I have a personal concern, coming from the core of Wolfenstein. Its choice of Hammer Horror subject matter – science-fiction, occultist Nazis – escaped Western criticism back in the early 90s when the industry was so niche. But it’s persistently caused problems in Germany, where each new game has to be extensively de-Nazified.


Poor Germany. It's such a shame that the Holocaust has persistently caused them so many problems. Problems like censoring video games. My heart goes out to the German people.


the game is obfuscating that it was real, normal people who calmly and systematically eliminated millions of other humans.


And yet it was the game that made him think to write all that. I hate this type of argument so much. Every time someone complains about "this work of fiction might undermine the seriousness of reality" they never notice they're living proof that that's false and their worries are unfounded. And there's this implicit assumption that everyone else is dumber than they are. Sure, he can play Wolfenstein and still maintain perspective on and keep in context the Nazis and the Holocaust. But there's this whole group of people out there (excluding the readership of RPS) that are going to have their worldview transformed.

While we're worrying about imaginary people, what if they're not people but ghosts. Evil spirits wandering the Earth consuming fiction about Nazis and then thinking about the Holocaust, not getting it. OOOOOOOooOOoooOoOOOOoooOoooOOOOooOOoo
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Oh, RPS. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/24/2014, 7:27am PST NEW
    Carlie Chaplin: nazi apologist NT by The Great Dictator 02/24/2014, 8:38am PST NEW
        It's true by Horban 02/24/2014, 9:27am PST NEW
        Mein Leben! NT by Ernst Lubitsch, To Be or Not to Be 02/24/2014, 9:42am PST NEW
            Heil Hitler! NT by Top Secret's Val Kilmer 02/24/2014, 10:49am PST NEW
                Heil me NT by Hitler, To Be or Not to Be 02/24/2014, 1:38pm PST NEW
                    Heil...MYSELF! NT by Springtime for Hitler 02/24/2014, 7:20pm PST NEW
    Of course a bunch of fucking Brits would want to whitewash history. by Worm 02/24/2014, 9:31am PST NEW
    Re: Oh, RPS. by Rafiki 02/24/2014, 10:53am PST NEW
        It's an argument against all satire in general NT by The Great Dictator 02/24/2014, 11:04am PST NEW
    It's especially sad that the comments are not just a howling choir of FUUUCKYOUU by Eurotrash 02/24/2014, 12:38pm PST NEW
        Oh yeah, agreed, it does look like a fun game. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/24/2014, 1:35pm PST NEW
    I'm knee-deep in the 2009 Wolfenstein right now. It's... problematic. by Jerry Whorebach 02/24/2014, 3:22pm PST NEW
        Confirming that Wolfenstein (2009) is a boring generic FPS NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/24/2014, 5:26pm PST NEW
            Even the title is half-assed. Which Wolfenstein is it? Finish the thought! by Jerry Whorebach 02/24/2014, 6:23pm PST NEW
                Raven developer confirms my suspicions in excellent new article on Singularity. by Jerry Whorebach 03/17/2014, 1:33am PDT NEW
        Re: I'm knee-deep in the 2009 Wolfenstein right now. It's... problematic. by Jonah Hill 02/25/2014, 4:48am PST NEW
    So is the author and comments section choking on a mountain of shit in light of by Rafiki 10/26/2017, 5:59pm PDT NEW
        Are we talking about the fact that game journos love cartoon Nazi killing now? by mike williams usgamer 12/01/2017, 8:01pm PST NEW
 
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