Perhaps next we should ban Papers, Please for offending people who have been subjugated by statist violence, specifically in Eastern Europe and Central Asia as its meant to embody. Perhaps we should ban Cart Life for making mockery of the working poor who live hand-to-mouth. Perhaps we should ban The Killer for making mockery of those who died in the Killing Fields.
Censorship leads to a culture of stupidity and effective isolation.
I find that those clamoring for 'games as art' only wants games as art they're comfortable digesting. If the events that happen in the game make you uncomfortable, don't worry, you're not alone, that's just how we feel. That doesn't mean the game should stop existing.
The thing is, it didn't stop existing. Google didn't destroy the game. They stopped selling it. There's a big difference. The developers are free to take their game elsewhere.
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