A game named "Simulador de Escravidão," or "Slavery Simulator," was taken down by Google Play on Wednesday following outrage in Brazil.
For about a month, Google Play users in Brazil could download a game that simulated what the South American nation looked like in the 1600s — a Portuguese colony and major hub of the Atlantic slave trade. In fact, that’s the whole premise of the game called “Simulador de Escravidão,” or “Slavery Simulator”: to use accumulated, make-believe wealth to buy, sel...