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.

  • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    It’s a rune and displays differently depending on where you are viewing it.

    That author is one hell of a pearl clutcher.

    • CubitOom@infosec.pubEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago
      1. It’s a literal hate symbol.
      2. You are defending a company using Nazi imagery.
      3. There was no reason for the inclusion of the Nazi hate symbol.
      • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        Oh boy! Look at you making assertions. Please fix this for us by boycotting GOG and telling all your friends at Starbucks.

          • NotSteve_@lemmy.caEnglish
            27·
            2 months ago

            Also they knew exactly what they were doing before sending it ACCORDING TO THEMSELVES. They even chose not to send the email to German users because of it

          • Liana@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            2 months ago

            Like, if Starbucks put a swastika on their cups, and the symbol came out 45° rotated on some of them (as the third reich did), and they just decided not to ship those ones to Germany, it’d be pretty hard to defend.