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Valve Will Stop Removing Controversial Games on Steam Unless They Are 'Illegal or Straight up Trolling' (geekwire.com)

Posted by msmash on from the alright-then dept.

Valve will no longer remove games from its Steam game marketplace unless they are "illegal, or straight up trolling," according to a statement from the Bellevue, Wash.-based gaming company posted today. From a report: The announcement comes a week after Valve removed a controversial game that simulated school shootings, following a nationwide outcry to ban the title. Last month it also issued warnings to developers about adult content in games. In its blog post, Valve executive Erik Johnson writes that "Valve shouldn't be the ones deciding this." "If you're a player, we shouldn't be choosing for you what content you can or can't buy," it reads. "If you're a developer, we shouldn't be choosing what content you're allowed to create. Those choices should be yours to make. Our role should be to provide systems and tools to support your efforts to make these choices for yourself, and to help you do it in a way that makes you feel comfortable."

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  1. Re:Fine, just make sure kids aren't buying this cr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I play counter strike and BF4(non-steam) with my 15yo. niece and I've seen his game library, and I know damn well many of his games are supposed to be over 18.

    If your niece already has gender issues, this probably isn't going to help.

  2. Re: Good by bursch-X · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, no, no. The left also wants to ban sexuality for the large part because itâ(TM)s objectifying the wahmens. Humiliation of male sexuality, cheap puns and physical assault on male genitalia is fine, though.

    --
    There are two rules for success:
    1. Never tell everything you know.
  3. "Think about the children" by pablo_max · · Score: 2, Informative

    People like you are the reason we can't have nice things.
    You expect the world to raise your kids for you because you are too lazy to check what they are doing or don't care enough to guide them.

    The government nor any company should be telling us how to live our lives and what we cannot look at. So, fuck you.

  4. Re:An open-minded view of things by TiberiusKirk · · Score: 3, Informative

    This! I keep telling people the government doesn't give you any rights; you have them already. The government can only take your rights away.