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Infestation 88 devs address controversy over Neo-Nazi claims
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this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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I can see the devs having no clue about the alternative meaning, but a game about gassing rodents called "Infestation 88" is a terrible look. I'm glad the devs changed the name right away.
Yea, if they say "we didnt know what that insinuated", and there are no other dog whistles, I'm happy that they responded so well and quickly!
I think just changing it to "Infestation 1988" would have also been enough...
Though, "infestation 88" a game about killing nazis, would also work!
They could even keep Mickey. Just give him a narrow mustache and a Nazi uniform like you see in Indiana Jones movies and they're good to go.
Except, I'm guessing Infestation '88 is about being hunted by Mickey, so maybe they should change that too.
Uh-oh.
Relevant reply from the developer. I'll transcribe it here.
... Those aren't the devs or discord mods, they're literally random people that just joined their server.
🤦
You can find edgy teens with shit eating grins anywhere.
oof. yea, thats not a good sign.
Especially considering Walt Disney's views...
IDK, what else do you do with rodents in a game? Set traps? Shoot with guns?
I'm guessing the devs were born in 1988 or thereabouts and wanted to set the game in their birth year or something like that. Or they picked a number that's somewhat long ago but not too long, and ~35 years ago is something I'd probably come up with (it's not a neat number like 25 and 50), it's far enough back that it's old, but recent enough to feel familiar.
Occam's razor: they're probably not Nazis or Nazi sympathizers. I had never heard of the meaning behind "88" (granted, I'm not that interested in neo-Nazi symbolism), and I was born near 1988. Maybe I'd change the name, IDK, even hearing the arguments here I really don't see an actual connection so it's really no big deal to me. Then again, I think it's a stupid name regardless, so I probably would've been more clever.
That is an unfortunate coincidence.