Game:

Luftrausers (2014)

Duration: 5:14

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This week I'm looking at a game from a couple of years ago called Luftrausers and the concerns raised at the time over it's aesthetic style. In the video I look at the limits of intention and how things are explicitly encoded within the representational elements of the game.

Sources:
1) http://www.gameinformer.com/games/luftrausers/b/pc/archive/2014/03/18/aerial-supremacy.aspx

2) http://patrickklepek.tumblr.com/post/82006821614/help-me-out-i-dont-understand-how-people-could

3) http://rami-ismail.squarespace.com/blog/2014/04/06/response-to-recent-luftrausers-concerns

If you enjoyed Luftrausers or want to talk about something in the video then leave a comment down below. I'm particularly interested in the idea of this video being made from a Western viewpoint where Nazi iconography is easily recognisable, and do those outside of that historical and cultural sphere have the same instantaneous recognition of such symbols.

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