Sunday, 29 October 2017

Nazis as the bad guys in videogames? How is that controversial?

Nazis as the bad guys in videogames? How is that controversial?

Wolfenstein has been around longer than I’ve been alive. What began as two innovative anti-Nazi stealth video games for the Apple II and Commodore 64 became id Software’s famous first-person anti-Nazi shooter. The game popularised the first-person shooter, giving rise to household names like Doom and Call of Duty. The latest iteration is released this week and, for the first time, some people are offended by its opposition to Nazis. How on earth have we got here?
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2017/oct/27/nazis-videogames-white-grievance-wolfenstein?source=Snapzu

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