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Valve bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ solitaire game [Flick Solitaire] pulled from russian Steam [cited a 2006 federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexualities"] (www.player.one)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How is valve doing business with Russia? Are they selling games to the government? Games are for the public, right? The public isn't at war, Putin is.

Let me know if this is a bad take, what am I missing.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'd assume the argument is the same kind of one made for sanctions, you restrict the interaction with the country to indicate you are displeased with some action(s) that government has taken.

    It's not a good argument , mind you.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago*

    Okay, yeah, I see what you mean.

    Yeah, I dunno, I think I don't feel like it's the most effective way to fight the war machine, to restrict non-enlisted from playing games lol. They are giving money to Valve anyway. Not being able to buy games wouldn't affect someone negatively, I feel. If anything it might make them richer and more productive. 😅

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