The Holocaust-themed videogame “Imagination is the Only Escape,” a work by game developer Luc Bernard that was rejected by Nintendo several years ago, is meant to teach its users a lesson about life as a Jewish child during the second World War. It succeeds instead, however, in teaching us that there is a difference between bad intentions, and misguided ones. The game portrays a young, bug-eyed Jewish child, lost in the woods, following a fox he has befriended in order to escape the Nazis. The bright colors make it look like a bit like an expansion pack to Donkey Kong. The boy in the game, Samuel, sees his mother get killed after she sends him off to hide from Nazis.
Bernard, who according to the Jerusalem Post turned to Indiegogo in order to fund his game publicly and circumnavigate video game companies, believes his game will inspire players to learn more about the Holocaust.