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Re: some thoughts about nazism and games

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From: ÃÁËÁÍÇÓ ÐÇËÅÁÓ
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 00:00
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>1) Many role and FPS games use nazi-like or nazi symbolism: power, magic,
>blood&honor, aggresive eagles, skulls, runes and signs. In (more or less)
>historical games this doesn't matter. (BTW, i don't understand a f**k why
in
>Germany and elsewhere they have troubles with Mortyr, where you have to
kill
>the nazis).
>2) But i see a disgusting influence from those games that make the gamer
>identify him/herself with those stupid simbolsim. That's creating sympathy
>for very unsympathic fantasies.
>3) Specially, i don't like at all that the guys of Unreal have chosen such
a
>svastika-like logo for Tournament.
>3 bis) I just remember Age of Empires, where some kinda priests had a role,
>which Hitler (and the Popes) would have loved (dominate by the power of
>words). Unbelievable, Bil Gates the Atheist sells it!
>4) Considering that the *real* heroes that won the WWII and knew the enemy
>are getting very old, and considering the lack of historical
>education/interest and evaluation of the youngest generation, the number of
>people that find the SS stuff, etc., fancy could increase, right?
>
>I think we should email those game companies and tell them to put more
>creativity in their games and to stop repeating old, disgusting fascist
>symbols!
>
>F r e e
>
>
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Subject: Re: some thoughts about nazism and games
Date: 1999/09/22
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