{"id":49279,"date":"2014-12-17T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T20:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/apple-reverses-censorship-of-pixelated-nudity-in-ipad-papers-please\/"},"modified":"2014-12-17T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T20:42:12","slug":"apple-reverses-censorship-of-pixelated-nudity-in-ipad-papers-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/censorship\/apple-reverses-censorship-of-pixelated-nudity-in-ipad-papers-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple reverses censorship of pixelated nudity in iPad Papers, Please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    The newly-released iPad port ofPapers, Please,    Lucas Popes dystopian bureaucracy simulator, has had its    pixelated nudity restored after Apple rolled back    itsinitial kibosh, according to a tweet    from Pope.  <\/p>\n<p>    The 2013 game casts you as a border control agent for the    fictional country of Arstotzka. As the game goes on, the rules    governing whom you can and cannot allow into the country grow    increasingly complicated, as do the means at your disposal for    determining who is eligible. One of the tools added later in    the game is a full body scanner, much like thosecontroversially    instituted by the TSAin American airports in recent    years. The scan is used to check for smuggled contraband.  <\/p>\n<p>    Related:Have    a bureaucratic holiday: Papers, Please coming to iPads    on December 12  <\/p>\n<p>    In the original game, a menu option toggles whether the people    are revealed in their underwear or fully nude. When the game    was submitted by Pope for iPad, Apple    originally rejected the feature as a violation of the companys    pornography policy, forcing Pope to remove the option.  <\/p>\n<p>    Through subsequent conversations Pope was able to convince the    censors otherwise. The feature has since been reinstated via an    update, and can now be turned on from the options menu. The    games rating has also been accordingly bumped up to 17+.  <\/p>\n<p>    Papers, Please is available now for iPad only through    the iOS App Store for $8.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/gaming\/peepers-please-apple-allows-dev-ipad-game-papers-please-restore-pixelated-nudity\" title=\"Apple reverses censorship of pixelated nudity in iPad Papers, Please\">Apple reverses censorship of pixelated nudity in iPad Papers, Please<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The newly-released iPad port ofPapers, Please, Lucas Popes dystopian bureaucracy simulator, has had its pixelated nudity restored after Apple rolled back itsinitial kibosh, according to a tweet from Pope. The 2013 game casts you as a border control agent for the fictional country of Arstotzka. 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