The government of South Park thought it was being very clever when it ordered Swiss Covid 19 vaccines as advertised by this “Switzerland – Covid-19 Vaccinations – Switzerland” banner:
But this is actually a terrible idea. None of the vaccines that Swiss companies announced ever materialized. And the factory that is licensed to produce Moderna vaccine in the canton of Valais is running at capacity already.
South Park should have chosen something homegrown instead.
In this World War II shooter, the biggest tragedy is that the developer hasn’t enlisted any graphic designers who knew what they were doing:
See the Swiss pack in the “equipment delivery” section? Yeah. No way does this offer enough space for a caquelon.
In this rather good HBO show, there is a frustrating moment:
Herman Judd, pictured on the right, is clearly thinking, “what kind of idiot did I hire to design that Judd first aid poster?”
Instead of a first aid symbol, they just put a pictogram of a Swiss briefcase containing a telescopic alphorn on there. Useless.
On the one hand, we must praise the developers of this game because they got the colors of first aid boxes right (white and green). But then they confuse us, because the vending machine also has a Swiss flag button you can press:
I wonder what it dispenses when you press that. Probably a pack of ready-made Älplermagronen.
In this game, Ellie has to get to da choppa, and for some reason this helicopter that has crashed in the middle of the USA is from the Swiss air force:
Maybe Switzerland tried to provide aid in the post-apocalypse. Probably helped by Iceland, in order to get that chopper across the Atlantic Ocean.
For reference, here’s a real Swiss air force chopper:
And here’s the Swiss-American chopper from the game again, also with a Swiss Cross on its belly:
Screenshot from igcompany’s playthrough.
In this World War II action-horror flick, at least one of the pilots must have Swiss ancestry. That’s the only way to explain the little altar to Switzerland he built into the bomber right above the cockpit, visible here behind Chloë Grace Moretz:
Nikola Tesla, you might not realize, was a Swiss man. Why else would he be so overjoyed when he picks up a crate marked with the symbol of his motherland in Tesla vs. Lovecraft? Such is his elation that his health recovers immediately.
Astounding!
With this brand new sequel the development team learned a lot about crafting a compelling game, but unfortunately they unlearned anything they might have known about correct coloring for medical symbols:
This surgeon has the Swiss Cross on her chest, but she clearly isn’t Swiss. She’s looking way too cheerful for that. Actual Swiss people mostly just gurn.
You can’t say that this game lives and breathes polish, and so there’s little surprise that the first aid kit is really a pouch of emergency rösti:
In space, no one can hear you scream, but these fabricators still let you make Swiss chocolate you can stuff your mouth with in case you want to dampen the noise even more:
I wonder what the handle is for. Chocolate isn’t that heavy. Maybe the thing has a built-in cooling system.
Screenshot stolen from The Escapist’s retrospective on Prey. Shame on Arkane Studios, their main offices are only a few kilometers from Switzerland, yet they got this wrong.