IGN on Bluesky: "Another entry in the Wolfenstein franchise may be on the way, according to multiple reports today. Specifically, a Wolfenstein 3." An account called @4allout.bsky.social quote posts this and says "I'm going to say what everybody is thinking: This is anti-nazi slop. We don't need any more anti-nazi slop shoved down our throats, we need authentic, nuanced, balanced and unbiased takes on World War II."

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[–] 214 points 9 months ago (8 children)

“balanced and unbiased take on WWII” after calling something “anti-nazi slop” is hard to even call a dog whistle, it’s more like a fog horn.

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  • [–] 67 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    I 'think' there's a more innocent interpretation in there of something like, "If you're going to do Nazis right now, it might be worth making them more than a cliche villain to spray lead at so people can see how intrusive and insidious the ideology is."

    buuuuut "we don't need more anti-nazi slop shoved down our throats" is one hell of a way to say that xP

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  • [–] 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, mostly because that’s not at all what he was trying to say with that sentiment.

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  • [–] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

    Never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity.

    Except for Nazis: it's all malice.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    That would be a bit more of a valid interpretation if it weren't for the fact that Wolfenstein is set in an alternate universe where the Nazis win the war.

    You can hardly make them the classic 'inevitably going to fail' villain when they've been in power for the last 60 years.

    Maybe they could add a scene where one of them is stroking a white cat although honestly that's pretty much the Wolfenstein aesthetic already.

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  • [–] 60 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Most people are saying “fuck yeah let me butcher more Nazis.” you fucking chudd.

    Edit: LMAO they have replies disabled. The true sign of a free speech warrior.

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  • [–] 54 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    They're aware that Wolfenstein is the same game series that had mecha-hitler right?

    It's not a work meant for nuanced analysis about the complex political structures of WWII

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    In fairness, it's a bit myopic to bring Mechahitler, the Super mutant, or even the Angel of Death into it as it's the earliest one-and-a-half games in the series.

    RtCW dealt with the resistance fight in more detail, and the Machinegames Wolfy games went full anti-Nazi in the best possible way.

    I still haven't a fucking clue what story Wolfenstein 2009 was trying to tell though, but I still enjoyed it.

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  • [+] 52 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 51 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I bought a wolfenstein bundle on steam when it was on sale just because I felt like killing nazis lol. Stayed for the plot.

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  • [–] 44 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I was certainly not thinking gee those nazis sure get a bad wrap in wolfenstein

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  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    The more creative and abundant ways to kill nazis the better it's the game!

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    That's why i love the killing h*ttler DLC on Sniper Elite series, so many ways to send that piece of shit to hell...

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    Bloodrayne needs a remaster. Killing Nazis, and using them as health packs since Rayne is half(?) vampire

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Holy shit, never knew than Bloodrayne was about kill nazis, now i really want to play it

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  • [–] 32 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    God, I disagree with people who say things are just as bad as pre-WWII; it's much worse. Not that no atrocity preceded WWII, but the Nazis weren't reenacting a relatively recent one play-by-play, these people are.

    And if they're not stopped, the outcome will be much worse.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    the Nazis weren’t reenacting a relatively recent one play-by-play

    Actually they were, they were copying fascist Italy under Mussolini, down to the "roman salute" that Mussolini lifted from Hollywood (and was almost certainly an early Hollywood invention) and given both Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy coexisted in time, they had an interesting geopolitical relationship, with Nazi Germany at first looking up to and emulating Fascist Italy, but then later they reinstalled Mussolini into power in Italy as a puppet state of Germany's

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Their main inspiration was America and our treatment of non-white people.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    So while there was a concerning amount of support for Nazi Germany in America and the El Paso "fumagation" practice applied to Mexican migrants entering the country was a direct inspiration for Nazi extermination camps I'm not aware of any other direct inspiration that Nazi's took from the United States specifically.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I wish I had the information at my finger tips but the Nazis took a lot of inspiration from eugenics in the USA and Jim Crow laws.

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  • [–] 54 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I think we need more Nazi killing games these days.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago*

    Fallout 4, Outcasts and Remnants mod lets us go back in time, slaughter Nazis and then kill Hitler. I always run this mod for that reason. I take the explosive minigun and gib them all. Except Hitler, he gets the tactical barstool.

    Also, anti-Nazi slop is one of the few slops I don't mind.

    Finally, fuck this asshole, whoever he is. No, not "everyone" is thinking that, mostly just you and some of your loser online friends.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Every time a nazi cries about Wolfenstein I play one of them again.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    found the fucking nazi

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    Nazis should always be punched

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago

    In the meantime, check out Darkenstein 3D on Steam (free) if you feel like shooting some nazi scum.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    But you're on-board with the russian nazis?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Lol whataboutism, my person the thing i replied to was your "whataboutism". Stop spouting KGB propaganda

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    You're funny. I can't imagine simping for any country, let alone russia. Talk about clown

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Ahh people like you are the reason these words nazi is getting muddled. Also not American haha. More clown behaviour from you.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Please don't insult the prestigious clown college by associating them with Bloomcole.

    /s

    This is the Bloomcole post cycle: he says stupid shite, people point out the weak logic, then he throws a wobbly and blocks everyone.

    You're one of us now!

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Please don't insult the prestigious clown college by associating them with Bloomcole.

    My sincere apologies!bloomcole is clearly a clown college washout lol.

    You're one of us now!

    Happy to be a part of the club, however bloomcole blocked me so I can continue to call out their shity logic :(

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I still do when I bump into it. Thanks to his one man echo chamber, which I've dubbed 'The Mental Masturbatorium", we can now point and laugh with him none the wiser. It's like watching the apes at the zoo, but if the apes all had TBIs.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Do you make it a point of being on the wrong side of every discussion involving Nazis or something?

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    That's ..quite the word salad. I don't mind drugs or anything but sometimes it might be a good idea to not hit the pipe quite that heavily, ya know?

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    [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Nah, disagree. Don't need any more nuance to WW2. It was fairly straightforward.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    I love that the game isn't even out yet and its already anti-nazi slop. Who knows, what if Microsoft makes the game about saving Nazis so they can get a tax cut??? The game ends during the tutorial because the BJ Blazcowicz is rightfully killed because he was a domestic terrorist?? Not so anti-nazi slop now

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Man, do we really have to start playing Charlie Chaplin movies again?

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    lol that account is unhinged.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Wolfenstein is so political 🤢

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Title is a bit odd. Why the claim that fallout mod devs are all fascist?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    I honestly just didn't give the title much thought, it was the first thing that came to mind.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    In my experience the fallout community is mostly anti-capitalist and anti-fascist because, well, you know. The theme of the game and everything.

    Of course there's always the poor media literacy people who love the enclave or legion a little too much.

    I'm actually curious to know what mod this guy devs for? If that part was real anyway. Just so I know to steer clear, ya dig?

    Edit: I did some minor snooping around bluesky and it looks like this person claims to be a former dev for FNC (which others say is untrue) and the only real project they've been part of (from what I can see) was Fallout Ashfall, which they apparently got removed from ~2 years ago and they've been harassing those involved since.

    Probably more to the story than that, but glad to confirm that this isn't a prolific member of the community.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I was hoping this was some failed attempt at satire. Its not. https://bsky.app/profile/4allout.bsky.social

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