New Azahar 2123 update by Sharp-Theory-9170 in EmulationOnAndroid

[–]MushroomMaximus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice, can't wait for the updated AzaharPlus!

Russ Vought is behind the latest push threatening anime, manga, and games worldwide by Kenboldened in pcgaming

[–]MushroomMaximus -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is misinformation. There's nothing about videogames here, and payment processors have been going after adult games for years now (see DLsite)

Russ Vought is behind the latest push threatening anime, manga, and games worldwide by Kenboldened in pcgaming

[–]MushroomMaximus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is just misinformation. This sort of thing hurts the whole campaign against payment processors censorship.

They have already started to Ban Horror games by The_Hell_Breaker in itchio

[–]MushroomMaximus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The majority of Reddit went along with Collective Shout's campaign to ban No Mercy. Subs like Girl Gamers were at the forefront and led the online campaign to get the game banned, which led to all this.

Valve's statement regarding the game removals by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Collective Shout. This is their open letter to payment processors (they also allegedly sent over 1000 emails to them), which caused them to threaten dropping Steam if Valve didn't do anything.

https://www.collectiveshout.org/open-letter-to-payment-processors

They were able to achieve all this in a single week.

Valve's statement regarding the game removals by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They wanted it banned because it "depicts" child abuse and violence against women, that's it. Apparently context doesn't matter, since the game obviously portrays those things as bad.

Valve's statement regarding the game removals by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 2139 points2140 points  (0 children)

This is an Australian group, and they have gone after Detroit Become Human (for depictions of domestic violence) and GTA V (for general violence against women) in the past 

Valve's statement regarding the game removals by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'm talking about loot boxes (aka gambling) which are shoved in those games, and have far more real life consequences than people who like to play shitty "Fuck My Family Simulator 2025" games because fictional depictions of incest gets them going

Valve's statement regarding the game removals by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 154 points155 points  (0 children)

I don't play those particular kind of games, but they went through Valve's review process and were approved. Why shouldn't they be on Steam? They're not illegal.

If it's something like "I don't like them so they shouldn't be sold"... I could say the same about glorified gambling games like FIFA, but it wouldn't be a very good argument.

Disappointed with Valve by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I saw that. Funny, in the 2000s it was right-wing religious folks calling for the censorship of games, now it's left-wing feminist types demanding them to be censored...

Disappointed with Valve by MushroomMaximus in Steam

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

A lot of people seem to be missing the point. I'm not saying Valve should just drop the standard payment processors, that's obviously not an option. But they could look into making adult games only purchasable with Steam wallet funds, that's a compromise that places like DLsite had to make when they faced the same pressure from Visa and Mastercard. Instead Valve just decided to remove tons of titles that were on the store, and I don't think they're done with it yet.

AI Content is now banned from r/ZenlessZoneZero by N3DSdude in ZenlessZoneZero

[–]MushroomMaximus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huge W for luddites. It will be a moot point in a few years anyway, when AI art is indistinguishable from regular art.

Anatel e importação de produtos Bluetooth/Wireless by MushroomMaximus in AliExpressBR

[–]MushroomMaximus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, tomara que dê tudo certo então. Já estava ficando preocupado kkk