by John Hoskin on Jul 17, 2016
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, delivered a statement today, urging Blizzard to remove the Devi skin from Overwatch.
as it trivialized Hinduism’s highly revered goddesses.
Mr Zed is the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism.
..that in a video game set-up, the player controlled the movements of Devi, while in reality the devotees put the destinies of themselves in the hands of their goddesses.
Moreover, Devi and its movements depicted in Overwatch did not match with characterization of the goddesses in the scriptures, Rajan Zed noted.
Controlling and manipulating Devi with a joystick/ button/keyboard/mouse was denigration. Devi was meant to be worshipped in temples and home shrines and not to be reduced to just a “character” in a video game to be used in combat in the virtual battleground.
No comment from Blizzard at this time.