Tuesday, September 3, 2013

'Imagination is the Only Escape' looks at the Holocaust through a child's eyes


World War II has been a staple setting for military shooters for years, dating back to seminal hits like John Carmack's Wolfenstein 3D. But a game that looks at the events of the Holocaust through the eyes of a child isn't something you see very often. In 2008, Luc Bernard made headlines with a title called Imagination is the Only Escape, a proposed Nintendo DS game that saw a young boy escape the horror of the Holocaust through fantasy. Imagination was never released, but five years later Bernard is returning to the idea with a crowdfunding campaign aimed at finally bringing it to market.


The game stars a young boy named Samuel during the Nazi occupation of France in 1942. When things take a turn for the worse during the Vel' d'Hiv...


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