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"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer] (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] 25 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

Yeah, I'm on the side of if it's legal it should be allowed, but having read about the scene and watched the trailer I think it's kind of disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise. Getting that on to steam would be a coin flip even without the recent controversies.

Feels like they're just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Given that it's being allowed on multiple different platforms now that the "child riding a naked person in a horse mask" sequence has been removed, it definitely stinks of spin from the dev trying to get more publicity.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Feels like they’re just trying to use the controversy as publicity.

    If it looks like a dog, barks like a dog, it is a dog. They are definitely pulling out a publicity stunt. Their site proudly promotes the fact that they got banned off steam. You bet that is intentional.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise

    Given that the game is going to release on Epic Games Store, GOG, and Humble Store, I actually do find it surprising.

    Steam / Valve seems to be the outlier here.

    The description of the scene that got the game banned is not even remotely sexual, just a bit weird / uncomfortable which is the entire point they’re trying to make. And that scene is not even in the game anymore.

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