{"id":17561,"date":"2025-01-31T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-fulfilled-all-my-nazi-punching-fantasies-dominik-diamond\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:38:00","slug":"indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-fulfilled-all-my-nazi-punching-fantasies-dominik-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-fulfilled-all-my-nazi-punching-fantasies-dominik-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle fulfilled all my Nazi-punching fantasies | Dominik Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s bizarre that a game featuring Hitler and Mussolini on their rise to power feels comforting, but here at least it is entirely permitted \u2013 indeed encouraged \u2013 to beat up Nazis<\/p>\n<p>I have played many games that have great openings. Final Fantasy VII puts you in the middle of a raid. Mass Effect 2 introduces you to a world, then immediately destroys it. Sonic the Hedgehog bombards you with impossibly fast objects hurtling through a world of colourful danger.<\/p>\n<p>I have never played a game in my life that starts by telling you not to be a Nazi. But that\u2019s what greeted me when I played Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Before a single artefact was raided, before a whip was cracked, before you even see lead actor Troy Baker doing his best Harrison Ford impression in next generation graphics (amazing!), comes this warning:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jan\/31\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-fulfilled-all-my-nazi-punching-fantasies\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7a40abc36d8abc4b280968b6b0e82afbe53a36c3\/240_0_3600_2160\/master\/3600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=865742e9cd710aab503883eddd1b2c39\" title=\"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle fulfilled all my Nazi-punching fantasies | Dominik Diamond\" \/>It\u2019s bizarre that a game featuring Hitler and Mussolini on their rise to power feels comforting, but here at least it is entirely permitted \u2013 indeed encouraged \u2013 to beat up Nazis<br \/>\nI have played many games that have great openings. Final Fantasy VII puts you in the middle of a raid. Mass Effect 2 introduces you to a world, then immediately destroys it. Sonic the Hedgehog bombards you with impossibly fast objects hurtling through a world of colourful danger.<br \/>\nI have never played a game in my life that starts by telling you not to be a Nazi. But that\u2019s what greeted me when I played Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Before a single artefact was raided, before a whip was cracked, before you even see lead actor Troy Baker doing his best Harrison Ford impression in next generation graphics (amazing!), comes this warning: Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s bizarre that a game featuring Hitler and Mussolini on their rise to power feels comforting, but here at least it is entirely permitted \u2013 indeed encouraged \u2013 to beat up Nazis I have played many games that have great openings. Final Fantasy VII puts you in the middle of a raid. Mass Effect 2 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-fulfilled-all-my-nazi-punching-fantasies-dominik-diamond\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Indiana Jones and the Great Circle fulfilled all my Nazi-punching fantasies | Dominik Diamond<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}