Comment on How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine

• jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  if there were a bunch of those symbols (all on one single room I might add) that absolutely seems suspect

  Technically, I could understand that… IF the in-game character living in that room, were supposed to be a Nazi sympathizer. Otherwise, it’s a clear dog whistle.

  Also, rules have changed, and that symbology would no longer get the game insta-banned in Germany:

  Germany lifts total ban on Nazi symbols in video games (10 August 2018)

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• Juno@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As someone who has played through that game 3.5 times (I’m in the middle of another playthrough right now) I can say with high degree of confidence that I have never noticed any nazi memes 😳

  I’ll look for them specifically??? But I’m already pretty aware of that sort of thing because I’m in a group that nazis hate. I think I would have noticed and quiet literally would have been like “what the hell is this shit?” OR I would have attributed that kind of writing too an actual perhaps racist character in the town, but I haven’t felt that way either. I just don’t know what they’re talking about, again as somebody who’s played the game three times.

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  • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I may be wrong, but I believe it is in an upcoming game, not True Colors

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    • Juno@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmm 😒 well if that’s so, it’s possible. But yeah, not in True Colors. I feel like I would have noticed. I will keep a watchful eye as I finish this next playthrough

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      • Vodulas@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thought I read that, so I double checked. It is mentioned in the first paragraph that it is the next entry in the series, not an existing title.

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