Bernard's anti-holocaust-themed DS game ‘concept’ was discussed, and then subsequently misdescribed by the press in an interview with the NY Times, Imagination Is The Only Escape, which was then immediately met with a media 'controversy' storm, with everyone from Destructoid who stated the concept was “the evolution of gaming, and the chance for videogames to tackle sensitive issues” to The New York Times itself having a distorted view on the interview they themselves carried out. But despite the initial press fuelled public confusion over the concept, an official quote from the Anti-Defamation League spokeswoman Myrna Shinbaum in which she appeared to actually endorse the game concept being made stating “We certainly believe that we have to find new ways of teaching lessons of the Holocaust as new technologies are being developed“  According to several erroneous internet sources, Nintendo themselves claimed that the game would never be released, however, this was confirmed to not be the case, and the game never went past the developers concept art.
Bernard's anti-holocaust-themed DS game ‘concept’ was discussed, and then subsequently misdescribed by the press in an interview with The New York Times, Imagination Is The Only Escape, which sparked a media firestorm, with various outlets expressing differing opinions on the concept. However, an official statement from the Anti-Defamation League's Myrna Shinbaum appeared to support the game, stating that new technologies should be used to teach lessons about the Holocaust.