Concentration Camp Game Canceled Due to Backlash
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BOOM! HEADSHOT!WingedIncubus said:
OT: i dont care, i wouldnt care if they made a game about 9/11 either, people trivialize games, but then as soon as they are about something "offensive" massive butthurt ensues. it happened along time ago, more than 27.3 years. so its funny, and all that. not really, but you get what i mean. ORGANISATIONS NEED TO FUCK OFF AND LET US DO OUR THING!
The games sounds as if it was in bad taste anyway, but the fact that they penalised it because it was a game, and outwardly stated it, kinda sucks balls.
I don't think the holocaust should be off limits entirely, but it is a subject that should be treated with utmost care and sensitivity. It is one of the worst atrocities in human history and I do not think these modders approached it tactfully. It doesn't matter what medium the message is delivered from, if this idea were used in film or literature it would probably be just as offensive. I think a video game equivalent of Schindler's List, where the theme is respectful to the subject matter could be achieved, but this game seems nothing like that.
This.neonit said:
And seriously, what the hell, people, aren't 65 years enough? Why is the holocaust so special compared to other atrocities, either bigger or just different?
Stalin killed more people than Hitler, why aren't his actions taboo too? Make sense for once, jeebus.
The world is populated by pussies. The only people who can legitimately take offense to this are the actual prisoners of Auschwitz. Everyone else is being a oversensitive git with nothing to do.
i am offended aswell... to say anything is "off limits" with videogames is just fucking insulting, there's been a ton of tv/movies about the Holocaust... i demand equal treatment... if games cant depict a historical moment such as the holocaust i say every single world war 2 movie that had a concentration camp in it should be censored and edit the camp out... see if the movie will have an impact on what the Nazis did anymore...
People really need to get over the holocaust, as distasteful as that may sound. There have been plenty of acts of genocide before and since then, and with a great many casualties. I still can't believe that many European countries have laws against holocaust denial. prosecuting someone for interpreting a historical event differently to the generally accepted view is ridiculous. What stops them from moving onto to criminalising other historical interpretations that some people may find distasteful.
Whilst personally I would not buy the game, for obvious reasons, it was entitled to be made. I hate the fact that groups such as the anti-defamation league are hiding behind the barrier of anti-Semitism. They need to just face it, they're trying to infringe upon free speech based upon their opinion of a hot topic.
Whilst personally I would not buy the game, for obvious reasons, it was entitled to be made. I hate the fact that groups such as the anti-defamation league are hiding behind the barrier of anti-Semitism. They need to just face it, they're trying to infringe upon free speech based upon their opinion of a hot topic.
Distorted Stu said:
I don't think it's art, I think it would be entertaining.
Isn't that what games are meant to be anyway? Entertaining?
Also, how come they can't make a game about this, but they can make thousands of movies depicting Holocaust stories?
The holocaust is no more so "off limits" to video games as it is to the film industry. As long as it is handled in a mature way then it is perfectly acceptable. In this case however, I think it's best that the mod is cancelled; you can't really handle something that well with no story.
This really isn't that surprising. I don't even know if this is appropriate. What I mean by that is I don't know if video games as an art form is mature enough to handle something like this.
Well, consider me ninja'd. Had the game actually come out, I would have just sighed and once again felt great disappointment in humanity. However, that sentence from the article just translates as "Censorship" to me and I hate that shit regardless of context.poiumty said:
So he/they make this game, tucked away in their blissful world where "controversy" is just a funny-sounding word, and then start panicking when the ADL (The Al Sharpton of Jewistry) come a-knockin', hide behind "It's just a game", and then flip-flop to say "Totally trying to make a statement."
So did I get all that?
So did I get all that?
I think that's exactly what this is. This game isn't about participating in genocide, it's about trying to destroy the ones who are committing it. If this game is bad, the whole Call of Duty series needs to be banned because guess what the Nazis did... The ADL is an over-politicized organization that's in it for the lawsuit cash anyway.Secret world leader (shhh) said:
Why'd they back down? What did they stand to lose?
Eh it leaves me slightly annoyed. Bunch of old dudes that don't get video games.
Eh it leaves me slightly annoyed. Bunch of old dudes that don't get video games.
While I think the Holocaust should be able to be made a scenario in games I'd rather it not be an FPS. Unless the atmosphere of the game comes off as very mature and serious than it's all good. Besides a false holocaust scenario was already used in "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". It can be used and very effectively too.
