Australia is known for stringent guidelines when it comes to violent or controversial content in games.  Now one game being developed in the country hasn’t even made it out before getting on the Australia’s morality radar. A city councillor for Monash, Jieh-Yung Lo, has called KMM Interactive Productions’ choice of title for its upcoming game Whore of the Orient insensitive, and he’s threatened to pursue the matter through the Human Rights Commission.

”It’s the use of the word ‘Orient’, more even than the word ‘whore’, that is the issue,” Jieh-Yung Lo told The Age. ”The O-word is very similar to the N-word for African-American communities. It’s a 19th century racial-colonial conception and it’s especially painful for older people in the communities. That was a very bad time in China, and people don’t want or need to have that dragged up.”

Lo is hoping that the developer will change the name of the game. He is also upset that the game has secured $200,000 in funding from Australia’s government investment board, which has defended the game and its title.

The phrase “whore of the Orient” is an old nickname for the city of Shanghai. KMM Interactive has yet to comment on the matter.

Source: GamesIndustry International