Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play

Post by subscribed » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC

throwaway290 wrote: post #6

jhbadger wrote: post #3

DDLC is a disturbing (good, but disturbing) game that opens as a bright cheerful one. So long as the description explained what the user is in for later on, I think Google shouldn't have done this. I haven't seen the Android version; I played it on PC, but as it is basically a "visual novel" I doubt there was very much difference between them.

that's valuable info. wikipedia actually makes the game sounds interesting unlike a typical dating sim. WARNING possible spoilers, don't read if you plan to play, but just know it's not just a dating sim. > while it appears to be a light-hearted dating simulator, it is a metafictional psychological horror game that extensively breaks the fourth wall. > Reviewers pointed out that the game's horror was built on the des…

Post by anonym29 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

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Economic growth and human development over the last several centuries has been the result of a complex web of interleaved prerequisites, that said, trust wasn't one them. People trusted institutions for thousands of years prior to the scientific revolution. Europe had plenty of trust in religious institutions between the collapse of the Roman empire and the scientific revolution, and you know what it got them? Supers…

"Economic growth and human development over the last several centuries has been the result of" Fossil fuels...most of the growth from 1800-1970 was due to fossil fuels. Not sure why this is such a mystery to so many. Makes sense when you think about it from a physics POV. You use energy to move things, to make things, to travel to buy things, etc. Heck, the middle class wasn't a concept until the industrial revolutio…

Post by wat10000 » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

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I don't think companies should be forced to do that in general, but there are some circumstances where I think they should. A local printing company should not be forced to print things they don't want. But an ISP should be required to transport everything, with exceptions for legal requirements and legitimate network health measures, or get out of the ISP business. App stores feel more like the latter to me. Especia…

Agreed on the free speech versus common carrier aspects. But I lean the other way with app stores. The companies hire reviewers, the listings appear in the App Store trade dress, it feels more like a museum or magazine than an ISP. But I get how reasonable people can disagree. Maybe we need some formal choices: is this a curated App Store that reflects editorial judgment (in which case it must be possible to ship alt…

Post by nathanmills » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

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wincy wrote: post #169

Binding of Isaac is a game that takes hundreds of hours to beat, and worked well on iPad. It cost $15. It was removed and so Edmund McMillen the creator resolved to never publish on Apple platforms again. Disappointing for me because his new game is Windows only, but I can’t blame him. I could have sworn there was a discussion about this years ago but I went looking for it on HN and just found a comment I made years…

FWIW I witnessed a friend of mine playing Mewgenics via Proton on his Arch desktop. Seemed to work fine. So, only Windows-only to the usual degree, it doesn't seem to have any sort of problematic DRM or anti-cheat to worry about.

Post by nathanmills » Mon, Apr 13, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

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snape kills dumbledore

sigh. this exact type of post spoiled this plot development for my kid when they were getting into reading and were only a few books in. not everyone has been around as long as you and I.