What's the real history behind alternative WW2 history? How do video games speak to the experiences of disabled people? What is the connection between American nationalism and Nazism? What do Friedrich Nietzsche and Karl Marx have in common? What does "Punching Nazis" discourse say about society? And most of all, why are the Wolfenstein games so beautiful, and what do they mean?
All these questions and more will be answered in my upcoming video essay meditation on the Wolfenstein games: The New Order, The Old Blood, The New Colossus and Youngblood. Watch to see the full commentary as we dive deep into one of gaming's oldest franchises.
DROPPING IN 48 HOURS: "If Only You Knew | A Wolfenstein Reboot Series Retrospective"