Germany lifts Doom sales ban after 17 years

Many of us got our start on first-person shooters on the famous Doom game which required the player to blast aliens with various weaponry. Apparently it was deemed to contain too much “bloody sadistic” violence. By today’s standards, the level of violence and gore is relatively tame which may be why Germany has decided to lift the ban on the game some 17 years later. Doom II hasn’t fared as well due to its use of Nazi symbolism throughout the game.