Garry’s Mod has a Nazi downside, and its developer wants to do one thing about it.
In a tweet, Garry Newman, creator of the extremely standard physics sandbox game and founder of Facepunch Studios, stated “lurking” in some Garry’s Mod roleplaying servers are “a bunch of guys that really seem to love the Nazis”.
“It seems like a few of them really love the Nazis outside of the game too,” Newman continued.
“If somebody is working a WW2 roleplay server, and taking donations, and this bunch of common hardcore gamers actually love the Nazi stuff… what are they gonna flip the game extra in direction of?
“Are they going to say ‘hey this isn’t really what this game is about please find another community’?”
Newman went on to ponder the problem of preserving “the good stuff” whereas getting rid of “the bad stuff” in Garry’s Mod roleplaying servers.
“We obviously don’t want to ban all WW2 themed games, but we do want to get rid of the celebration of Nazis,” he defined, pondering whether or not the builders ought to ban Nazi symbolism outright.
It appears like Newman continues to be figuring out how to play this, however settled on a warning of types to Garry’s Mod server house owners:
“We’ve had this grey area for a while and now we’re keeping more of an eye on it. How can we work together to stop it becoming something we have to ban?”
Newman additionally insisted any motion he takes should not be thought of a loss of freedom, or an assault on gamers’ free will.
“This isn’t mind control,” he stated. “This is nothing new.
“We have taken servers down before, we have blocked unsavoury activities, and we’re going to keep doing that.”
Newman’s tweet adopted a ballot in which he requested his followers whether or not the builders ought to ban Nazi game modes in Garry’s Mod. 73 % of respondents voted sure.
So, may be an apparent query however these nazi gamemodes in Garry’s Mod.. we needs to be banning them proper? There’s no legit motive for them to exist.. proper?
— garry (@garrynewman) April 19, 2023
Garry’s Mod is not the solely game with a Nazi downside, of course. The kids-focused Roblox has struggled to moderate fascism, and Valve itself has come beneath hearth from a US senator over Steam hosting Neo-Nazi content.
