Alex Jones is profiting from his new game on Steam — while refusing to pay the Sandy Hook families he defamed

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Alex Jones is profiting from his new game on Steam — while refusing to pay the Sandy Hook families he defamed
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Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.’s Steam, the world’s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

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Fun fact the game can be beaten in 45 minutes and steam refund policy allows returns on games played 2 hours or less

That is a fun fact. Here's an ever funner fact: Don't give your money to assholes and then take it back. Just like, don't give it to them in the first place.

Doesn't make sense. You give them money. Enjoy (only some do enjoy) the game. Get money back. Net sum is positive if the game was fun for you.

I live in the middle of nowhere and rely on amazon sadly just not possible for me

I'm pretty sure steam has like a 3 month lag time to pay out anyway.