Apple are well-known for their strict censorship, particularly when it comes to the iPhone, and Italian developers Molleindustria (motto: "Radical games against the dictatorship of entertainment") are the latest to face their wrath. Produced in association with the Gwangju Design Bienniale and Abandon Normal Devices, Phone Story is an "educational" and satirical game which mocks consumer obsession with mobile phones and comments on the the conditions faced by workers in the consumer electronics supply chain. In the game's various levels, players have to mine Coltan, the valuable mineral whose control has fuelled the Congolese Civil War, prevent far-eastern factory workers from jumping off high buildings, and fling out the latest gadgets to rabid consumers.
Apple banned the game on the grounds that it depicts cruelty to children and features "excessively objectionable or crude content". The game is available from the Android Market. Molleindustria promise that their revenues will be donated to charities that help protect the poor and vulnerable caught up in the mobile phone supply chain.
(Source: The Guardian)
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