• Kampfkrapfen_Backup@lemmy.world
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      22 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.

    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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      22 days ago

      Wonder if that’s harmful in the long run, cause you’re not allowed to make the bad guys look like what they were, bad guys.

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        22 days ago

        They changed it but you could always just have them as definitely-not-Nazis.