But, who knows if that will even be approved. HexWar Games plans on attempting to re-submit their games using the lesser-known 1861 version of the Confederate flag. This is how the Confederate flag was displayed inside HexWar titles He insists, “We’re in no way sympathetic to the use of the flag in an offensive way, we used it purely because historically that was the flag that was used at the time." The reasoning Apple is sending developers is “…because it includes images of the confederate flag used in offensive and mean-spirited ways." We just spoke with Andrew from HexWar Games, who have released many historical strategy games. Update: It’s looking like Apple has pulled everything from the App Store that features a Confederate flag, regardless of context. What do you think? If Apple has indeed pulled the games for displaying the Confederate flag, is Apple’s action justified, or was there another way to eradicate racism and remove the symbols and words that feed it, as Tim Cook put it? Still, I can also see the political and social pressures mounting at the moment, which makes pulling the games the “safest" action for Apple. However, censoring historical games (if that is indeed the reason why the games have been pulled) is always very tricky because those games don’t glorify or promote a cause but, rather, represent historical events using the symbols and insignia of the period. Apple is famous for reaching for the axe rather than the scalpel when it comes to political issues (like rejecting Hunted Cow’s Tank Battle 1942 for depicting Germans and Russians as enemies), so this move doesn’t come as a great surprise.Īpple’s Tim Cook has recently spoke against displaying the Confederate flag, so I suppose this development was to be expected. As of the writing of this story, games like Ultimate General: Gettysburg and all the Hunted Cow Civil War games are nowhere to be found. Now, it appears that Apple has decided to join them by pulling many Civil War wargames from the App Store. Many large US companies, including Walmart and Amazon, have already banned the sale of any Confederate flag merchandise as a reaction to the recent events. Many see it as a reminder of the many pre-Civil War injustices while others see it simply as a way to honor the soldiers who died for the Confederacy. If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ll know of the huge debate in the U.S over the role of the Confederate flag in contemporary America.
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