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

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

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[–] -4 points 11 months ago (12 children)

No place for challenging art in video games. Books and movies have been pushing boundaries for millennia, but this new medium is way too effective at affecting people

-Valve, probably

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It is available on other, quite popular, stores. GOG and itch.io are household names in PC gaming.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

    I guess you wouldn't be wrong to say that sexual abuse of children is challenging and pushes boundaries.

    E: see replies.

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  • [–] -3 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    CSAM has nothing to do with this conversation. Are you lost?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months 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.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe look up why the game was rejected from Steam in the first place.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

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

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