Comments on: Bolt Creative Creates Pocket God For iPhone In A Week, Sells Over 400K Downloads http://pulse2.com/2009/03/26/bolt-creative-creates-pocket-god-for-iphone-in-a-week-sells-over-400k-downloads/ Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elaine Howard http://pulse2.com/2009/03/26/bolt-creative-creates-pocket-god-for-iphone-in-a-week-sells-over-400k-downloads/#comment-26586 Elaine Howard Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:32:29 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=12694#comment-26586 This game has caused a big stir among Pacific Islander communities in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the islands because of its racist overtones against Polynesians. The most disgusting thing is that Bolt Creative denies that they are portraying any specific ethnicity "directly or indirectly" when all elements are Polynesian and nothing else. To Pacific Islanders, this is akin to designing a game where you kill people wearing "black face" and deny that it's racist against African Americans. Apps like this perpetuate negative stereotypes and should be revamped or removed. See a link below to read an article from Spasifik Magazine condemning this game: http://www.spasifikmag.com/latestupdates_23april09iphonegamethatkillsislanderssparksracistdebate/ This game has caused a big stir among Pacific Islander communities in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the islands because of its racist overtones against Polynesians. The most disgusting thing is that Bolt Creative denies that they are portraying any specific ethnicity “directly or indirectly” when all elements are Polynesian and nothing else. To Pacific Islanders, this is akin to designing a game where you kill people wearing “black face” and deny that it’s racist against African Americans. Apps like this perpetuate negative stereotypes and should be revamped or removed.

See a link below to read an article from Spasifik Magazine condemning this game:

http://www.spasifikmag.com/latestupdates_23april09iphonegamethatkillsislanderssparksracistdebate/

]]> By: Jonathan Kim http://pulse2.com/2009/03/26/bolt-creative-creates-pocket-god-for-iphone-in-a-week-sells-over-400k-downloads/#comment-25872 Jonathan Kim Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:51:21 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=12694#comment-25872 when the game starts, can everything be on like the hurricane and the weather change. my ipod touch has a technical malfunction so i cannot touch the arrow or anything else within that area. or could moving the arrow be possible? i would greatly appreciate it if you were to do this. when the game starts, can everything be on like the hurricane and the weather change. my ipod touch has a technical malfunction so i cannot touch the arrow or anything else within that area. or could moving the arrow be possible? i would greatly appreciate it if you were to do this.

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