After much thought and discussion we have identified a set of changes that will allow the game into the App Store. I would like to extend my deepest thanks to the App Review team at Apple who have taken the time to listen to our situation and offered excellent suggestions on how to make the game appropriate.
I learned something today. It’s really easy to look at Apple as this big abstract entity that acts as one. Some days it’s good, some days it’s evil, some days it’s amazing, and others disappointing. The reality is underneath Apple is a group of extremely dedicated and hard working people just trying to do the best they can to push technology into the future.
The App Review process has some issues. Any young process like this will have issues, especially when placed under heavy load. We as a developer community should be doing whatever we can to help fix them rather than complaining about it being broken. I look forward to contributing my experiences and perspective to help make this process better.