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Infestation 88 devs address controversy over Neo-Nazi claims (www.pcgamesn.com)
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Infestation 88 developer, Nightmare Forge Games, have responded to claims that the '88' in the game's title refers to the Neo-Nazi salute.

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 64 points 8 months ago

It really is annoying how many alt right dog whistles there are

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It seems like every time the alt-right and neo-Nazis make something a new dog whistle (remember the "ok" sign thing that started on 4chan?) the left is just like "oh fuck, I guess we better stop using that now."

I'm not sure there's a better option. It's not like it's a good idea to just go on flashing "ok" signs and pretending it hasn't been coopted by fascists, but it seems shitty and frustrating to just cede ground like that every time the alt right is just like "this is ours now."

Come to think of it, I named a project at my workplace "IG-88" a while back and didn't think about the Nazi connection until the name was already in common use. (With that name, the project in question even had a badass theme song.)

[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There's some pretty obscure ones to that came and went in a hurry like a glass of milk.

I feel like some have also been claimed for general use. I don't really associate Pepe memes with the alt right anymore

[-] Poopfeast420@kbin.social 13 points 8 months ago

I'm mainly associating Pepe with all the Twitch emotes.

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