In August, a teenage boy wearing a neo-Nazi symbol stabbed five people in Eskişehir, Turkey. Shortly after, authorities found his profile on Steam, the most popular online video-game marketplace.
Valve Corp.’s Steam sells thousands of video games and hosts forums and communities for video-game discussions. But instead of conversing about games like Call of Duty, the attacker, known as Arda K., was sharing his reverence for mass shooters. His profile picture was Norwegian neo-Nazi and mass-murderer Anders Breivik. His comments praised Florida nightclub attacker Omar Mateen. Other posts demeaned Jews who were killed in the Holocaust.
According to Turkish media reports, Arda K. planned the attack with another person he met on Steam.
Why does the gaming community continue to give a platform to this nazi festering shithole? This wouldn't happen on the Microsoft Store.