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GOG.com newsletter used Nazi symbols

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The well-known Polish DRM-free store GOG.com used Nazi symbolism while promoting the independent adventure game set in a Slavic setting The End of the Sun.

PCGamer journalist Andy Chalk also received the promotional email.

GOG.com has already apologized and promised to heed the feedback from its German QA department. This newsletter has already been discontinued, and half of the user base has not yet received it.

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"Girl-designer" is an international phenomenon.

Marketing worked :)

Message from Kinga and Kuba Mahowski, a couple of Polish game developers:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/912840/view/677374546802639796

They definitely attracted attention to the game)
I specifically found it by the title yesterday to understand what it was about.

PCGamer discussed Sonnenrad and kolovrat.

Well, I understand the swastika and the sun. But the SS lightning bolts? There's no 'dual meaning' that could explain the mistake here.

As important as the context is, in theory.
Since they advertised the game with Slavic motifs, such symbols seemed appropriate in that context.

The swastika is appropriate in Hinduism by itself.
Moreover, it can also be found in the Orthodox Church.

However, there is a specific use of the swastika in connection with representing an aggressive ideology. Sometimes, certain contemporary neo-Nazi organizations may use the same symbols precisely in that meaning.