Comment on From the GOG newsletter: "A note about your GOG Patrons subscription"

• elvith@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They basically used runes in a newsletter for a promotion of a game that “rendered unfavorably on some devices”. Whether it’s a QA error or if it was intentional with “plausible deniability” was debated everywhere a few weeks ago.

  heise.de/…/GOG-apologizes-for-newsletter-with-SS-…

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  • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And not only that, but they said “Hey, Germans will probably he sensitive to these so we’ll ship these to everyone but them”.

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    • pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s probably not about sensitivity(people outside of Germany are actually more sensitive to that for obvious reasons) but because it’s illegal in Germany.

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      • HereIAm@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Sure, but the issue remains the same; they absolutely knew what those symbols would be interpreted as, and still went aged with it.

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      • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The illegality is the sensitivity.

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    • maus@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      German team flagged it, but did not communicate it in time to the other teams.

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  • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The game being advertised talks about how Nazis adopted ancient symbols that previously had nothing to do with Nazis. A problem to have the double lightning bolts there but it’s a bit of a stretch to say it’s some kind of “tee hee we’re actually Nazis” dog whistle bs.

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