Swastikas and Germany in the modern day...

Friscobay · 03-29-14, 10:12 AM

The paradox of the swastika does not take long to rear its head, even to areas as seemingly mundane as gaming.

Consider the fact that there have been thousands of downloads to mods that place the correct Kriegsmarine swastika devices back where they historically belong in the SH series. I myself, instantly viewing the thing from a historical aspect rather than that of a budding ''neo-nazi'', said under my breath upon looking at a German craft for the first time in SH3, ''now this is just stupid'' , when seeing UBISOFTS famous Big White Empty Disk Where A Swastika Should Be -Flags.
Closer inspection found that even devices as small as uniform badging, had the ''eagle'' swastikas removed. Now perhaps, UBISOFT, in its Euro sales and in other nations where the swastika is banned, may not have wanted to get its SH versions deep-sixed for including them in the game. I am not sure. However, simply the fact that we head for ''correct ensign/flag'' downloads displays that we are less uptight about the device of the Third Reich, than we are in ensuring greater historical accuracy within military gaming and simulation.
That's just my two pfennigs...

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03-29-14, 10:12 AM	#7
Friscobay Mate Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 54 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	The paradox of the swastika does not take long to rear its head, even to areas as seemingly mundane as gaming. Consider the fact that there have been thousands of downloads to mods that place the correct Kriegsmarine swastika devices back where they historically belong in the SH series. I myself, instantly viewing the thing from a historical aspect rather than that of a budding ''neo-nazi'', said under my breath upon looking at a German craft for the first time in SH3, ''now this is just stupid'' , when seeing UBISOFTS famous Big White Empty Disk Where A Swastika Should Be -Flags. Closer inspection found that even devices as small as uniform badging, had the ''eagle'' swastikas removed. Now perhaps, UBISOFT, in its Euro sales and in other nations where the swastika is banned, may not have wanted to get its SH versions deep-sixed for including them in the game. I am not sure. However, simply the fact that we head for ''correct ensign/flag'' downloads displays that we are less uptight about the device of the Third Reich, than we are in ensuring greater historical accuracy within military gaming and simulation. That's just my two pfennigs...