According to several reports id Software's classic "Wolfenstein 3D" is about to be removed by the end of this month. Good news :)

But what about Germany's still-impressionable youth? Probably better leave it on the Index another 27 years, just to be safe.

Ninja'd by another earlier thread, but still good for people to know. +1 :)

The impressionable kids really don't care about a 25+ years-old game. Or old games and movies in general, which is why so much stuff that was banned or "just" indexed in the 70s, 80s and 90s is no longer considered problematic.

The authorities around here have become a lot more tolerant towards violent media over the past decade or so. If anybody had told me ten years ago that Mortal Kombat X and XI would'nt have any trouble with our youth protection agencies, I would've called them crazy! But there it is. Notorious video nasties like Evil Dead, Romero's Dawn of the Dead or Last House on the Left suddenly get their restrictions lifted and become freely available again, while most of the new stuff doesn't even have to deal with all this.

The thing about Wolfenstein 3D, though, was this: the game had been banned under §86 of our criminal code of law back in '94, which means that the game was treated like a propaganda medium. Which is pretty ridiculous, but that's how it was. The ban was formally lifted last month, which clears the way for the full de-listing.

Jeez, I played Wolfenstein 3D when I was like fifteen, and the number of people I murdered in real life is absolutely negligible.

I played Doom 1/2 when I was around 8-10, and turned out(more or less) fine as well. :)

But you might still be a nazi.

And there we have it, folks. Both Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny have been delisted. GOG, please get on removing that regional lock ASAP. :)

https://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=15282

Welcome to the 90’s Germany. Don’t worry, by the time you catch up we will still be debating brexit, or he’ll on earth as it’s otherwise known (sorry, game reference probably not available there)

Congrats on that! now you guys can enjoy an all time great classic!

Cool, hopefully GOG removes the regional lock soon!

"But what harm would having a bunch of swastikas in an old video game cause?"
......
10 years later, brownshirts marching through the streets of Berlin with Hitler portraits because Germans don't know how to chill out.

Fine being a subjective thing, going by your current Rating. Just saying. ha ha ha ;P

Seeing as how rep can be manipulated easily by others, I don't put much stock into the numbers. I've known some here who are decent folk and have negative ratings, and those who act like douches who have high ratings. :|

While on the other side of the planet the streets of Canberra are teeming with junkies, crack heads and drug fiends perpetually waiting for those incentivised stat bonuses to kick in.