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Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game
New submitter LunaticTippy writes: For those unfamiliar with Ingress, the game has GPS coordinate portals that correspond to real world locations, players then use smartphones to battle for control of these portals. Many public locations with historical or artistic interest are submitted by players. It turns out some of the sites were located within concentration camps such as Dachau and Sachsenhausen. NBC reports: "In a statement to The Associated Press, Niantic Labs' founder John Hanke said the company has begun removing the offending sites from the game. He said 'we apologize that this has happened.'"
Again from Wikipedia: Ingress portals are placed at: "The gameplay consists of establishing "portals" at places of cultural significance, such as public art, landmarks, monuments, etc."
It even tells you it's a game in your own citation.
So yes, it sort of IS the university of human learning,
No it isn't and don't even pretend that is it. No matter what you say, it is still a stupid game and has no place at a mass murder site. If I make a new game called 'Wank-to-Porn-at-Dachau', which teaches you all about Dachau while being at Dachau in the nude jerking off to Porn, does that suddenly make it all ok, because there is some learning going on?
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