Germany lifts ban on Nazi Symbols in Video Games

[Mr Puggsly]

Mnementh said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Actually I agree with the people you call ignorant. I can't help but think the German government thinks if people saw the Nazi symbol it would somehow cause a resurgence of Nazis, why else would you hide it? Germany also limits violence in games so clearly they fear their people simply can't handle the same content most of the world gets to see.

At the very least Germany should have had a distinction of using Nazis in a game and glorifying Nazis. But its evident the people creating these laws thought very little of its people.

The laws in germany make a distinction if using Nazis in a glorifying or damning way. And with the news in the OP no law was changed. Only a regulatory body decided to change it's rules. Publishers could release games with Nazi crosses in it. They would've probably faced a long court case, but most spectators already agreed the exceptions for movies and books and other material is applyable to games too. It's just: no publisher wanted to take the risk and go first. So no, the laws are unchanged, nothing really changes, only a regulatory body takes the heat instead of a publisher.

Well even if you have to worry about a legal battle over using Nazi imagery, that's a problem.

Either way, I imagine Germans do see the content banned in their media via YouTube and maybe acquiring contraband software. Less censorship the better in my opinion.