Tech bro branded ‘huge piece of s–t’ for game that lets you kill ‘homeless people’ — but some fans love it

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Barr, K. (2026, October 14). Tech bro branded ‘huge piece of s–t’ for game that lets you kill ‘homeless people’ — but some fans love it. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/14/tech/sf-tech-developer-launches-controversial-tenderloin-video-game/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-14 · by Kevin Barr
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Pierre-Louis Biojout, a San Francisco tech developer, created a video game using AI coding tools over one weekend that allows players to shoot characters representing homeless individuals in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Within days, the game generated $300 in advertising revenue but faced intense criticism on social media for trivializing the city’s homelessness crisis. While some users denounced Biojout as insensitive, others defended him or praised the game, arguing it highlights flaws in urban governance rather than portraying homeless people negatively.
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A San Francisco tech developer named Pierre-Louis Biojout created a video game called The California Post App that allows players to shoot homeless people in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood. The game was developed over just one weekend using AI coding tools and has already generated $300 in advertising revenue. This creation sparked immediate backlash on social media, with critics accusing Biojout of exploiting San Francisco’s homelessness crisis for entertainment. However, some gamers praised the game, arguing it is the best they have played that year. Biojout defended his project by stating, "San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin. So I monetized it."

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📰 Controversial Game Over Homeless Murder Simulator
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Topics

Biojout California San Francisco The California Post App

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San Francisco GPE · 3× Biojout ORG · 2× California GPE · 1× Pierre-Louis Biojout PERSON · 1× The California Post App ORG · 1×

Narrative

But the bizarre creation sparked an immediate firestorm, with furious social media users accusing Biojout of turning the city’s homelessness crisis into entertainment. “You think you’re being edgy but you’re just a huge piece of s–t,” one critic blasted.
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🔮 “San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin.
2026-10-14 · New York Post
Tech bro branded ‘huge piece of s–t’ for game that lets you kill ‘homeless people’ — but some fans love it · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 0 hedged)

A San Francisco tech bro has turned the city’s notorious Tenderloin neighborhood into a zombie-shooting video game — and critics are furious that he’s seemingly created a world where players can kill homeless drug users and other downtrodden characters. asserted
players → turn → users
“San Francisco couldn’t fix the Tenderloin. asserted
Francisco → fix → Tenderloin
So I monetized it,” developer Pierre-Louis Biojout bragged on X. asserted
Biojout → monetize → X.
The developer claimed he built the game in just one weekend using AI coding tools, despite never having made a video game before — and had already raked in $300 in advertising revenue. asserted
he → claim → revenue
But the bizarre creation sparked an immediate firestorm, with furious social media users accusing Biojout of turning the city’s homelessness crisis into entertainment. “You think you’re being edgy but you’re just a huge piece of s–t,” one critic blasted. asserted
critic → spark → t
This is atrocious PR,” another fumed. asserted
another → fume → ?
“Guy makes a game where you shoot homeless people and thinks he’s the hero,” a third wrote. asserted
third → make → people
But not everyone was clutching their pearls. asserted
everyone → clutch → pearls
“Best game I play so far this year,” one gamer gushed, while another laughed that “the zombie on the lime scooter gets me every time.” asserted
zombie → play → me
Others defended the creator, arguing that San Francisco officials deserved the criticism instead. asserted
officials → defend → criticism
“SF created and refuses to fix an urban wasteland,” one supporter wrote, questioning why people were shaming the game rather than the city. asserted
people → create → game
Biojout appeared unfazed by the backlash. asserted
Biojout → appear → backlash
When one commenter declared the game “not cool,” the developer fired back with just two words — sure to rage-bait those in his replies. asserted
developer → declare → replies
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