“balanced and unbiased take on WWII” after calling something “anti-nazi slop” is hard to even call a dog whistle, it’s more like a fog horn.
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I 'think' there's a more innocent interpretation in there of something like, "If you're going to do Nazis right now, it might be worth making them more than a cliche villain to spray lead at so people can see how intrusive and insidious the ideology is."
buuuuut "should be more than anti-nazi slop" is one hell of a way to say that xP
Yeah, mostly because that’s not at all what he was trying to say with that sentiment.
Never attribute to malice that which can be attribute to stupidity.
Except for Nazis: it's all malice.
What about when it's stupid malice?
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That would be a bit more of a valid interpretation if it weren't for the fact that Wolfenstein is set in an alternate universe where the Nazis win the war.
You can hardly make them the classic 'inevitably going to fail' villain when they've been in power for the last 60 years.
Maybe they could add a scene where one of them is stroking a white cat although honestly that's pretty much the Wolfenstein aesthetic already.
Whistling is so last decade for conservatives and the rest of the right
This is what happens when you don't teach WWII history in society.
maybe if america was kinder to their veterans so they didn't shoot themselves... they'd know more about what war does to people
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Most people are saying “fuck yeah let me butcher more Nazis.” you fucking chudd.
Keeping Charlie Kirk alive in spirit.
I think we need more Nazi killing games these days.
Y'all are playing games?
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Didn't you read the post? They're making a new Wolfenstein game, the most effective way to resist the rising tide of fascism is to give Microsoft owned Bethesda money. Capitalism comes through for us once again, baby!
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People have been playing down Nazi dog whistling so long that Nazis have become emboldened to do Nazi stuff.
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They're aware that Wolfenstein is the same game series that had mecha-hitler right?
It's not a work meant for nuanced analysis about the complex political structures of WWII
In fairness, it's a bit myopic to bring Mechahitler, the Super mutant, or even the Angel of Death into it as it's the earliest one-and-a-half games in the series.
RtCW dealt with the resistance fight in more detail, and the Machinegames Wolfy games went full anti-Nazi in the best possible way.
I still haven't a fucking clue what story Wolfenstein 2009 was trying to tell though, but I still enjoyed it.
Also in fairness, we now know that Mechahitler was just Grok all along.
I bought a wolfenstein bundle on steam when it was on sale just because I felt like killing nazis lol. Stayed for the plot.
They're still on sale on GOG if anyone's in the mood for some 'anti-Nazi slop'.
I was certainly not thinking gee those nazis sure get a bad wrap in wolfenstein
If anything they got too much credit. They actually successfully colonized space in Wolfenstein.
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"I'd like to hear their side of the story for once!"
The more creative and abundant ways to kill nazis the better it's the game!
That's why i love the killing h*ttler DLC on Sniper Elite series, so many ways to send that piece of shit to hell...
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God, I disagree with people who say things are just as bad as pre-WWII; it's much worse. Not that no atrocity preceded WWII, but the Nazis weren't reenacting a relatively recent one play-by-play, these people are.
And if they're not stopped, the outcome will be much worse.
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Fallout 4, Outcasts and Remnants mod lets us go back in time, slaughter Nazis and then kill Hitler. I always run this mod for that reason. I take the explosive minigun and gib them all. Except Hitler, he gets the tactical barstool.
Also, anti-Nazi slop is one of the few slops I don't mind.
Finally, fuck this asshole, whoever he is. No, not "everyone" is thinking that, mostly just you and some of your loser online friends.
Man, do we really have to start playing Charlie Chaplin movies again?
Nazis should always be punched
Nah, disagree. Don't need any more nuance to WW2. It was fairly straightforward.
Title is a bit odd. Why the claim that fallout mod devs are all fascist?
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found the fucking nazi
I love that the game isn't even out yet and its already anti-nazi slop. Who knows, what if Microsoft makes the game about saving Nazis so they can get a tax cut??? The game ends during the tutorial because the BJ Blazcowicz is rightfully killed because he was a domestic terrorist?? Not so anti-nazi slop now
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