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[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 5 days ago

No way....what about wolfenstein??

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Heavily censored in Germany apparently, which kinda seems odd and protective of Nazis

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah they have a blanket ban on Nazi iconography with no carve outs for art, even if antifascist.

[-] Kampfkrapfen_Backup@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Almost correct, but artistic depictions of Nazi iconography actually are exempt from the ban (falling under "Kunstfreiheit" - artistic freedom).

The reason why Wolfenstein still had to be censored was because video games were not really seen as a form of art for quite a long time. But AFAIK that has fortunately changed in the last years and you can now legally obtain uncensored Wolfenstein versions in Germany.

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