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Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

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831 points freedomben | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.294s | source
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Aeolun ◴[19 Jul 25 02:54 UTC] No.44612148[source]▶
I think it’s hilarious we allow stuff like Postal or Soldier of Fortune without a question, where the whole focus is on going crazy and murdering a whole bunch of people.

But try to show a sensual human body, instead of one that’s ripped into small pieces, and oh my god, this is going too far!

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pipes ◴[19 Jul 25 06:36 UTC] No.44613117[source]▶
The difference I see is that the player is getting sexual pleasure from what is being simulated in porn type games. I.e. they are trying to simulate the feeling of doing that in real life.

Where as in violent games like soldier of fortune I doubt most players are trying to achieve the feeling of brutally killing another human being.

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1. aaaja ◴[19 Jul 25 16:01 UTC] No.44616626[source]▶
Yes and often with pornography it involves the abuse of women and girls, and depicting this as a positive action. It's probably not the main reason why payment processors are banning and restricting purchases, but it should be.