http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/07/apples-gaming-censorship-continues-the-binding-of-isaac-blocked-from-app-store/

Apple’s gaming censorship continues: The Binding of Isaac blocked from App Store
JEFF GRUBB FEBRUARY 7, 2016 11:55 AM
TAGS: APP STORE, APPLE, EDMUND MCMILLEN, IOS, NICALIS, THE BINDING OF ISAAC: REBIRTH
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a spin on the Biblical story of Isaac.
Above: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a spin on the Biblical story of Isaac.
Image Credit: Nicalis
Apple has repeatedly shown its contempt for gaming, and the company still hasn’t changed.

Developer Tyrone Rodriguez, founder of studio Nicalis, revealed that Apple has rejected The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth from the App Store (first reported by EuroGamer). The game has players taking on the role of a boy named Isaac whose mother has trapped him in her basement. As Isaac, players must traverse the monsters and other dangers of the dungeon in an effort to escape. This is a satire of the Biblical Binding of Isaac story where God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. Apple’s reason for rejecting the game version of this story is that it portrays violence against children. This is another example of the company’s double standard when it comes to video games, as you can find plenty of depictions of violence against children on iTunes. You can even purchase products from convicted abusers on iTunes.

Apple’s treatment of games is a problem because it controls an enormous market. The App Store makes up for at least half of the $30 billion mobile gaming business. And since iOS is a closed system, consumers cannot easily choose to bypass the App Store to download banned titles if they want. This means players and consumers in the iOS ecosystem are at the whims of Apple when it comes to the software they can choose to load on their devices.

For Apple, this is typical. It thinks of games as less than films, books, and music.

*crickets*

That's pretty lame of Apple I must say.