Thursday, February 28, 2019

This Made-In-Taiwan Video Game Has Hidden Jokes About China’s President. The Wrong People Found Them

Devotion, by the Taiwanese indie developer Red Candle Games, was released on 19 February and was initially popular among horror enthusiasts. However, the discovery of a number of hidden jokes” – in particular, a Chinese pun on the names of PRC president Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh – “has ignited a firestorm of online criticism.” Devotion has now been pulled from worldwide distribution. – The Guardian



Article source here:Arts Journal

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