Valve sparks outrage by removing the LGBTQ+ inclusive game Flick Solitaire from Steam in Russia, bowing to Kremlin censorship demands while Apple and Google refuse.
Someone wanted to play a game like it, and someone else coded it and decided to sell it. Capitalism. You may as well ask the question, “Why does porn exist.” People can’t have sex whenever they want, with whoever they want, so a wank with some NSFW material solves the problem. A demand results in someone realizing they can make money meeting the demand.
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So, human rights stuff aside, how/why the fuck do we need a genderised solitaire?
Because the dev wanted to make it and other people wanted to play it.
It seems to be one set of cards, as a part or a deck. Its pretty much a nothing burger.
And besides that, who the fuck cares other than rabid homophobic assholes?
Its a free card game with paid or grind to get skins. One of those skins is a rainbow camelion.
Someone wanted to play a game like it, and someone else coded it and decided to sell it. Capitalism. You may as well ask the question, “Why does porn exist.” People can’t have sex whenever they want, with whoever they want, so a wank with some NSFW material solves the problem. A demand results in someone realizing they can make money meeting the demand.
it’s art. the question should be “why not” and the answer is “no reason”.