Pocket God iPhone App sparks outrage from Pacific Islanders |
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Volcano Eruption: that doesn't look too fun...
In Pocket God, the player gets to play.. well.. God over "primitive islanders." Said the Pacific Women's Information Network spokesperson Elaine Howard,
How do you think people would react if you created a game where you were God and you could create and kill as many Mexicans as you wanted? Or Asians? People will be outraged.
I hope you don't decide to advertise your application in New Zealand or Australia because you will get a backlash of the same intensity.
Meanwhile, the developer of the US$ 0.99 app, Bolt Creative, released a statement saying that it was not their intention to depict any actual and particular ethnic group in Pocket God.
But Dr. Malakai Koloamatangi of the Canterbury University is not convinced:
To claim [the characters] are not Pacifici Islanders is ridiculous. Everything about them is Polynesian. How can they justify encouraging the torture of a race in this way? It's disgusting.
I'm not saying let's bring in the thought police but there needs to be limits on what is acceptable and this surpasses those.
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god its just a damn game
This game is awesome. F' you, pacific islanders.
I just downloaded this yesterday and even my mom was laughing at the stuff they do. Although i do see where they are coming from but I highly doubt it was made just to be racist. And its not just bad in that game...You can make them dance and eat and all kinds of stuff.
In the end its a matter of opinion.
Mine is you can take anything you want and say its racist its just the way you see it.
Or in another words they see it as a glass half empty..we see it as a glass half full
"Its all in perspective"
I just downloaded this yesterday and even my mom was laughing at the stuff they do. Although i do see where they are coming from but I highly doubt it was made just to be racist. And its not just bad in that game...You can make them dance and eat and all kinds of stuff.
In the end its a matter of opinion.
Mine is you can take anything you want and say its racist its just the way you see it.
Or in another words they see it as a glass half empty..we see it as a glass half full
"Its all in perspective"
I have this game its great fun it doesnt mean im going to toture real people lol