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SF tech bro pulls plug on controversial video game that let players kill ‘homeless people’

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Wu, T. (2026, October 17). SF tech bro pulls plug on controversial video game that let players kill ‘homeless people’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/tech/sf-tech-developer-shuts-down-controversial-tenderloin-video-game-amid-outrage/

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Pierre-Louis Biojout, a San Francisco tech developer, created a controversial video game set in the Tenderloin neighborhood where players could kill characters resembling homeless people. After receiving backlash from critics and city officials, including San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, Biojout shut down the game within days of its release, refunded advertisers, and donated to a drug treatment service matching the game’s $300 revenue.

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Pierre-Louis Biojout, a San Francisco tech developer, has removed his controversial video game from online platforms after facing backlash. The game, created over one weekend using AI coding tools, depicted San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood as a zombie-killing zone, with players targeting homeless individuals and drug users. Despite initially boasting about the game on X (formerly Twitter), Biojout apologized for his poor judgment and shut down the project after just two days of operation. He refunded all advertisers and donated an amount matching the game’s $300 revenue to a local drug treatment service. The controversy highlights tensions around how technology can inadvertently exploit social issues, particularly homelessness, in urban settings.

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Titus Wu

55 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

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A San Francisco tech developer who created a video game that turned the city’s notorious Tenderloin neighborhood into a zombie-killing zone has pulled the plug after furious critics claimed the game allowed players to target homeless drug users. asserted

players → create → users

Creator Pierre-Louis Biojout, who had bragged about the game, changed reversed course on Friday in announcing he took the game down. asserted

he → brag → game

“I built and posted a zombie game set on San Francisco streets. asserted

I → build → streets

The setting and the way I promoted it showed poor judgment,” he wrote on X. asserted

he → promote → X.

“Targeting people struggling with addiction or homelessness was never my intention.” asserted

Targeting → target → addiction

In addition to shuttering the game, he said he refunded all advertisers and made a personal donation to a drug treatment and recovery service matching the game’s revenue. asserted

he → shutter → revenue

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 game sparked an immediate firestorm, with angry critics accusing Biojout of turning the city’s homelessness crisis into entertainment. asserted

critics → spark → entertainment

“You think you’re being edgy but you’re just a huge piece of s–t,” one person wrote on social media. asserted

person → think → media

This is atrocious PR,” another fumed. asserted

another → fume → ?

Even elected officials weighed in, including city Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who represents the Tenderloin. asserted

who → elect → Tenderloin

“Turning violence against real people, including unhoused people, into entertainment is dehumanizing and should never be normalized,” Mahmood told the San Francisco Chronicle. asserted

Mahmood → turn → Chronicle

It appears the pressure got to Boijout, who is the founder of NanoCorp, which markets a platform that uses AI agents to build and run online businesses. asserted

that → appear → businesses

He told the Chronicle that he walks through the Tenderloin twice a day on his way to his office and thought the area had a “distinctive atmosphere” that would work well for a zombie-shooter video game. asserted

that → tell → game

“The people b—tching at you have luxury beliefs and should shut the f—k up and put their energy into actually doing something versus whining at someone doing something,” commented Peter Kazanjy, the founder of a San Francisco sales software company. asserted

Kazanjy → b → company

“Your game was fantastic satire,” he added. asserted

he → add → ?

SF tech bro pulls plug on controversial video game that let players kill ‘homeless people’

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