Wolfenstein II turns killing Nazis into uplifting political commentary

When Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was announced this summer, it became a strange rallying point in the battle against modern white supremacy. Its 2014 predecessor Wolfenstein: The New Order added emotional stakes to the cliched gaming activity of shooting Nazis, which was considered a storytelling victory, but not a political one. The New Colossus, by contrast, recently hit stores as real-world white nationalists were holding rallies in the streets — including one where a masked anti-f