ICYMI - Saudi Arabia Is Coming For The Sims
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🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, hosts Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Slate senior editor Tony Ho Tran to talk about why it matters that EA Games has been sold to Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner. In addition to likely cost-cutting, this new ownership puts games like The Sims even more at risk of censorship, especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ characters. If your Sim groom can’t end up making out with his new father-in-law at the end of his wedding, then what is The Sims even for?
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| 0:45.1 | And I'm Kate Lindsay, and you're listening to I see why am I. |
| 0:48.3 | In case you missed it. |
| 0:50.2 | Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:52.5 | And Kate, will I be seeing you at the Riyadh Comedy Festival? |
| 0:56.9 | You will not be seeing me there, but just no, it's not because I'm taking a principled stand. |
| 1:01.7 | It is because clearly they did not offer either of us enough money when we turned it down. |
| 1:06.6 | Exactly. |
| 1:14.1 | Exactly. Exactly. |
| 1:15.1 | And here's the deal. |
| 1:15.9 | If you don't know what this is, basically right now as we speak, the Riyadh Comedy Festival, it is happening in Saudi Arabia. |
| 1:22.9 | And let's just say Saudi Arabia, not known for their human rights. In fact, human rights watch, |
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