So far, there is little evidence of Nazism, whether genuine or postured, on Return to Castle Wolfenstein's online servers. Still, the game's creators say that the presence of Axis protagonists is bound to attract criticism.
"I don't doubt there are going to be people that go out and distort what the multiplayer gaming experience is and say, `Oh, I can't believe you guys did this,'" Hollenshead said.
For most, many of the debates are resolved in the game itself.
"[T]here is at least one guy on the server with a name like Dr. Goebbels or something," said Chris Oakley, 34, a Day of Defeat player from Montreal. "I egg them on by typing like `Long live Zionism.' I always get a rise out of them. They go out of their way to hunt me down."
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