How Papers Please Game Was Wrongly Censored For Pornography
Gaming isn’t just for console and PC anymore. Smartphones have made gaming appealing to just about everybody, but not without consequences. More platforms to appeal to means developers have to port their games to a variety of devices, and many of these devices have content restrictions. Apple in particular is known for stringent rules about App Store content, rejecting anything that might tarnish its squeaky-clean reputation. While Apple’s “no pornography” standard is good in theory, for some games it paints with too broad a brush—not all nudity constitutes pornography, and the App Store’s current policy doesn’t address the nuances of individual games....