Ach, Mein Usernamen! Nintendo Declares War on Hitler.
In one of the many cases where peer involvement might have done a better job of curbing bad behavior, a corporation has stepped in to wag a finger at the collective juvenile antics of anyone who chooses a ‘taboo’ online handle. This isn’t the first time it’s happened, and it’s certainly not the first time that Nintendo—which became famous for its censorship practices when Mortal Kombat was ported to the Super Nintendo and gouts of blood were replaced with buckets of sweat no human should ever be able to produce—has decided that it can take the ‘mommy knows best’ role when it comes to squelching the potential mishandling of their product at the hands of those that make a big joke out of everything. You know the type: they tend to refer to ‘the lulz’ like a Christian refers to Jesus Christ.
