GOG subscribers reported receiving a promo email for The End of the Sun that displayed symbols resembling Nazi iconography, including SS-style lightning bolts and a Black Sun-like motif. GOG has since responded, saying the “lightning bolt” symbol was displayed incorrectly and that they were aware the issue could occur.

Well that’s a headline I never thought I’ll write. Several posts and comments on the GOG subreddit have noticed a promotional e-mail that contains some… interesting symbols, which I can confirm with my own e-mail. As can be seen from the screenshot below, an e-mail containing a discount code for the game The End of the Sun (nothing out of the ordinary so far) contains 4 symbols that resemble Nazi iconography.

    • CubitOom@infosec.pubEnglish
      37·
      2 months ago

      They didn’t use the The Schutzstaffel Nazi symbol in the German mailers because they thought it would violate hate speech laws.

      There was no reason to use 2 of those runes together.

        • harmony@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          20·
          2 months ago

          Sadly, that’s the point of dog whistling, to have some doubt to whether it was actually innocent.

          With how prevalent dog whistles are in neo-Nazism, it’s not surprising that people are sceptical. It’s a whole thing to send “subtle” Nazi symbology and then deny everything when called out.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      It looks pretty intentional from where I’m standing. At best the shot caller was apathetic to it looking like actual Nazi iconography to some recipients.

    • mellowistheyellow@lemmy.zipEnglish
      67·
      2 months ago

      After four decades of life on this planet, I can think of a million reasons why this was done intentionally. Maybe you just arent that smart?