Controversial horror game Horses is the top-selling new game on GOG even as it gets kicked off the Humble Store one day after launch
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Horses is proving to be something of a surprise hit, at least on the storefronts where you can still buy it.

Currently, only GOG and Itch are still selling this game.

EDIT: It seems the game has returned to Humble Bundle.

    • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      I’m on the fence about the topic, but you’ve gotta be dense to believe CSAM has nothing to do here. The accusation is one of CSAM, so the argument is whether the scene is CSAM or not.

      In a perfect world the question would be simple, but in the reality we live in, you have to consider if the art will be misused - and that’s assuming the artist is honest about their intentions in the first place.

      • zqps@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        142·
        19 hours ago

        The distinction may seem like nitpicking but no, CSAM is a legally defined term of depictions of actual children being sexually abused.

        This game does not feature any such content. Not just because there are no depictions of real children, but also because the fictional children depicted aren’t subjected to sexual abuse.

        Valve’s language cites “sexual conduct” which in this case reportedly (I didn’t watch it myself) has been stretched to include nudity that is non-sexual in nature.

        I get why Valve would err on the side of caution, but that TOS decision is no basis to turn around and make the legally relevant claim that the game features actual CSAM.

      • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        42·
        15 hours ago

        If that was true, why would the game removing fictional minors for a distinctly unsexual situation not remedy the rejection? Come on now

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          3 hours ago

          As like 3000 other comments here have explained, Valve has a zero tolerance policy for what they consider CSAM, meaning they will not reconsider. Which is their prerogative.