Pocket God iPhone app 'degrading'

Pocket God, a popular iPhone game that depicts the torture and murder of "primitive islanders" has been labelled disgusting and degrading by Pacific people, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

Indigenous groups have started to take offence at the use of grass-skirted islanders who are set on fire and tossed to the sharks.

The game is described as making the player an "all-powerful god that rules over the primitive islanders".

The US creators http://www.boltcreative.com/ argue the game does not depict any particular nationality.

But Elaine Howard from the international Pacific Women's Information Network says that's "ridiculous", and has sent a complaint to Bolt stating the game is an "arrogant slap in the face to our people".

emily | 11:21 AM | Cell Phone Apps Reviews |
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