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
    38·
    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.