To be fair, the violence in Mortal Kombat is graphic, but not realistic. The distinction between Postal and Mortal Kombat X, not to mention previously-published games like the Grand Theft Auto series, seems artificial at best. (Amazon blocked the game as well, despite selling a modern digital edition of the PC version, before reversing the decision for the Amazon Appstore.) The Google Play Store does have a policy forbidding games with "gratuitous real violence," but rates games with "graphic violence" as High Maturity. Earlier this month Google refused to publish Postal, the 1997 shoot-em-up that caused controversy for its glorified violence. Let's switch over to editorial for a moment.
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