Apple removes iPhone game based on Foxconn suicides from App Store - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Apple has banned a politically charged iPhone game that tackles human rights issues associated with mass-produced electronics. [URL="http://benjaminpoynter.com/"]Benjamin Poynter[/URL]'s In A Permanent Save State is a surreal and visually striking interactive narrative that the creator says imagines the spiritual afterlife of seven overworked laborers who have [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides"]committed suicide[/URL], alluding to real-life events at Foxconn's electronics manufacturing plants in 2010. But the game was quietly removed from the App Store less than an hour after it went live earlier today. It's unclear which part of [URL="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7229082/what-are-all-the-restrictions-by-apple-for-iphone-development"]Apple's guidelines[/URL] the company claims the game violated, but sources familiar with Apple's review process have pointed us to app guidelines against "objectionable content," (16.1) and depictions which "solely target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real entity" (15.3) as the most likely culprits. An Apple representative did not respond to a request for comment. [URL]http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/12/3495466/apple-bans-another-objectionable-iphone-game-about-foxconn-workers[/URL] [/QUOTE]

Oh, I thought Foxconn as in the FP user. I thought he had killed himself for a moment there.

He couldn't stand all these catgirls.

[QUOTE=DaWhatTheFox;38025688]He couldn't stand all these catgirls.[/QUOTE] It's a tragic burden.

[QUOTE=Wealth + Taste;38025676]Oh, I thought Foxconn as in the FP user. I thought he had killed himself for a moment there.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://gyazo.com/85d078f0af22166bec37af4c3cd9d12f.png?1350174266[/IMG]

I demand an android version

[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;38025705][IMG]http://gyazo.com/85d078f0af22166bec37af4c3cd9d12f.png?1350174266[/IMG][/QUOTE] Left my condolences. So sad.

[quote]depictions which "solely target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real entity"[/quote] isnt that basically everything in existence or am i reading the whole 'real entity' thing wrong

[QUOTE=Bobie;38026195]isnt that basically everything in existence or am i reading the whole 'real entity' thing wrong[/QUOTE] App has tree plsban

There are way more offensive stuff in the App Store.

[img]http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3968/reaction.png[/img] I love you, guys...

[QUOTE=Fangz;38028840]There are way more offensive stuff in the App Store.[/QUOTE] They took it down because they don't want to make Apple look bad (A.K.A Telling the truth)

[QUOTE=Foxconn;38028880][img]http://imageshack.us/a/img593/3968/reaction.png[/img] I love you, guys...[/QUOTE] Rest in peace.

this sounds like quite an interesting game, I'm sure someone managed to nab a copy before it was removed

put it on newgrounds

[QUOTE=Dog;38028891]Rest in peace.[/QUOTE] Yea. Rip.

[QUOTE=absolalone111;38028948]this sounds like quite an interesting game, I'm sure someone managed to nab a copy before it was removed[/QUOTE] Probably, in which case an .ipa could be made and spread anyways.

[QUOTE=DaWhatTheFox;38025688]He couldn't stand all these catgirls.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Archimedes;38025696]It's a tragic burden.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;38026182]Left my condolences. So sad.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Dog;38028891]Rest in peace.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=duno;38028981]Yea. Rip.[/QUOTE] What about doing a memorial video? :Þ

[QUOTE=Foxconn;38028988]What about doing a memorial video? :Þ[/QUOTE] We can't make that. We're all so dependent on cheap, foreign labor we can't make anything. We'd need Foxconn for that.

[QUOTE=Bobie;38026195]isnt that basically everything in existence or am i reading the whole 'real entity' thing wrong[/QUOTE] Yes, that's the point (It's a catch-all kind of restriction), but what's important is the "solely target" part. You could make something saying cheap outsourced manufacturing is bad and it'd be ok (Since that's a concept), but you can't make one saying a specific company is bad (Because it's a real entity, and they'd probably sue)

There's actually [url=http://phonestory.org/game.html]another game[/url] which was also banned from the App Store for "objectionable content", but available in the Google Play store.

[QUOTE=J. Jett;38029403]There's actually [url=http://phonestory.org/game.html]another game[/url] which was also banned from the App Store for "objectionable content", but available in the Google Play store.[/QUOTE] You can still get it on iOS if your device is jailbroken

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;38030935]You can still get it on iOS if your device is jailbroken[/QUOTE] But then the masses won't get educated :(

[url]http://phonestory.org/[/url] I think this is the website for the game [url]http://phonestory.org/game.html[/url] and this is where you can play the game on your PC [editline]15th October 2012[/editline] nevermind i just looked up a few posts and i am wrong