When ‘Civilization VI’ Censors Some Of The World’s Most Famous Boobs

  By famous, we’re not talking Kim Kardashian’s or something. We’re talking artsy, deservedly famous.  

As we know, nekkidness and art have always gone hand in hand. Classical sculptors, painters and such embraced the human form in all its fleshly glory. When Michaelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel ceiling, did people gather from miles around to bitch about it? Did they say things like, Frankly, Mike, I think you’re taking the piss here. There are guys with their dicks out all over the place. What the hell are you thinking? They did not. They appreciated it for the masterpiece of fancy-ass art that it was, and they still do.

These days, you’ve got kooky and/or batshit art students nailing their pubes to photos of their cooches and exhibiting them. Or that guy who ‘painted’ with nekkid ladies, by smearing them with paint and having them press themselves against canvasses (nice job, if you can get it). Anywho, point being, art is very much a pants-optional sort of deal a lot of the time.

So what the hell are you doing, Civilization VI? Blurring out the legendary norks of Lady Liberty in Liberty Leading the People? Stop that.

The game’s official announcement trailer hit yesterday, as dramatic as you’d expect of the empire-building sim. From the Pyramids to the Colosseum, it throws just about everything possible at us in two minutes. But when it comes to one of the world’s most famous paintings, an icon of the French Revolution, it’s a no-nork zone.

For shame. Censoring liberty? That's the kind of irony you can cut with a spoon.

Via Kotaku.