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[โ€“] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

From their reddit post in trying to cover up:

... I also recognize that placing two such runes next to each other could create an unfortunate association with symbols used by the Nazi regime. This was noticed before distribution, and out of respect for local sensitivities, the material was not sent to the German community.

They knew and actively chose to not send it to the country that criminalizes Nazi imagery. To me the Germany stuff is the most damning part.

[โ€“] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago

Yeah 100%. Their response to the event is pretty much where all of my feelings come from on the subject. They explicitly state they knew they were releasing literal nazi iconography and then explicitly chose to put it out where it wouldn't get them in legal trouble.

Not only that but IIRC they actually changed the original game dev's marketing material to use the symbols without the devs even knowing.

It's all pretty fucking damning and it makes me incredibly sad