Well-received indie gem, Papers, Please, released for the Apple iPad earlier this week. However, controversy arose when developer Lucas Pope submitted his initial build, with Apple subsequently rejecting it presumably due to containing “pornographic content” – which is not the entirely the case.
Papers, Please does indeed contain nudity, but only when players do a full-body search of the game’s immigrating NPC travelers.
Read more details surrounding Papers, Please‘s iPad version after the break.
Papers, Please Nudity-Restoring Patch Incoming
Fortunately, Apple’s decision to reject Pope’s initial build appears to be in the process of being amended. This development was discovered when Pope tweeted about his following correspondence with Apple, who claimed that Papers, Please‘s iPad build rejection was but a mistake in their protocol, rather than a response to customer’s negative feedback.
Just talked to Apple. The initial rejection for porn was a misunderstanding on their part. They suggested I resubmit with the nudity option.
— Lucas Pope (@dukope) December 12, 2014
Avid fans of Papers, Please naturally opposed Apple’s initial rejection of Papers, Please, however Pope went on to emphasize that Apple admitted they had made a simple blunder during their review of the game.
@ttl_anderson He made it clear that their concern was not the pressure, but the mistake on review.
— Lucas Pope (@dukope) December 12, 2014
Furthermore, Pope intends to resubmit the nudity-containing build to Apple soon. He stated the an update restoring the nudity option in Papers, Please should be made available sometime next week.
With Papers, Please arriving on a variety of systems, the game is slated for release on Sony’s PlayStation Vita as well. However, Pope has not officially disclosed a release date for it, reportedly due to a premature announcement.
What are your thoughts on this development? Do you believe that Apple made a simple mistake, leading to the release of the iPad version of Papers, Please? Also, what do you think of nudity in the game? Is it a necessary feature, or more of a thematic element?
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