You may have never heard of the “Coronavirus Attack” game, and you may never hear of it because China has banned it already. Why was the Chinese government quick to ban the game?
The Coronavirus Attack game has a simple mission, stop infected ones from infecting the whole world. However, everything about the game is a tongue-in-cheek remark.
Take for instance its description, Business Insider reports that it reads:
“A virus that can turn people into selfish-zombies has spread throughout the country. Your purpose is to prevent the selfish zombie virus carriers from escaping and infecting others.”
Likely, this reminds you of the many people disregarding social distancing rules. But this is not why China banned the Coronavirus Attack game. It is more because of the not so subtle messages that the game passes.
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See some of the game’s references below:
— The game describes the virus as a product of a laboratory experiment, thus, alluding to the fact that the coronavirus was man-made.
— Users play the game as a yellow coronavirus pathogen and four smaller orbiting coronavirus pathogens appears against a red background. This can easily be translated as representing the Chinese flag.
— While playing, users get to earn achievements that are named: “Liberate Hong Kong,” “Release Xinjiang,” “Free Tibet,” and “Taiwan is not China.” These phrases clearly condemn the Chinese authorities’ actions in recent years.
The first allusion that the virus was manufactured in China made many give the game negative reviews. Some said that it would encourage violence against Chinese and Asians in general around the world.
In a discussion, the game’s developers, MythZsGame, told Abacus that it believes the game was blocked after users reported the game over its political references.
The company also confirmed that the game was indeed a protest against the Chinese government. Especially how it had handled the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning.
It also criticised citizens in Wuhan who had fled the city before the January 2020 lockdown measures. There is no address or location information regarding MythZsGame.
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