I can’t find the picture, but there was parody article I saw way back that said:
Gamer Says They Don’t Want Politics in Their Games About Large-Scale Geopolitical Conflicts
EA Is Changing the Name of a Nazi in 'Battlefield V' That Belonged to a Real-Life Resistance Fighter
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This isn’t just games at this point. “Poiltics” in the common lexicon is becoming synonymous with “Preaching” and it’s extremely dangerous imo. It’s a not-so-thinly veiled version of the “leftist snowflake” rhetoric meant to paint anyone even vaguely progressive as a didactic influencer who wants to poison your brain.
Like I was listening to the CBC today and the Liberal Feds are picking up the slack for some of Ontario’s fash premier’s cuts to environmental programs for 4 years, conveniently the length of one election cycle and change, and apparently this wasn’t a political move.
We’re in a moment where a politician’s politics (apparently) aren’t political.
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What the actual fuck?! “In WW2 there were nazis” is a statement now?! I don’t have a take! I aggressively refuse to have a take! “German soldier” my whole entire ass! Fuck big budget video games!
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And even then, this isn’t some faceless, feldgrau footman that could hypothetically avoid party membership, he’s dressed like a decorated officer…
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Fascist imagery is perhaps the most recognisable and distinctive in recent memory, so you better believe EA is going to treat it like branding rather than anything with political connotations. I bet Kyle from the focus group rated that Nazi design as “Very Distinctive”.
This from the company that got reamed by gaming nazis for including playable female character and having some minor queer subtext in a cutscene. All that matters to these companies when it comes to politics is what they can co-opt in order to stand out in the market.
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[English subtitles are available.]
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This sketch keeps being so topical!
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And honestly another thing is this is like the ur loot box dystopia, nothing says what the fuck to open your loot boxes to find your ultra super special chocolate covered nazi to play with. As if nazis are just another commodity on the level of paint coats or dog tags.
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I think their marketing team are going to have the easiest home run when it comes to Youngblood. “Remember when we said Fuck Nazis? Seriously, Fuck Nazis”.
“Oh you mean this soldier? the one fighting for the führer? No, dont be silly he couldn’t possibly be a Nazi, as you can see he doesn’t have a swastika on so he can’t possibly be.”
“But he’s wearing a Hugo Boss rigout and killing allied forces”
“No, thats just a work uniform and he’s just following orders, no politics to see here”
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Even when he’s committing blatant war crimes it’s because he’s a badass and not an actual fucking war criminal.
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