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In this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, our new video editor, Eric Van Allen, joins the podcast to discuss Silent Hill F, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and Wildgate. Hear about the thrills of fighting other outlaws for an ancient bounty in space, slashing through demonic hordes in a 2D sidescroller, and trying to survive the nightmares haunting a rural town in Japan. The Game Informer Show is a weekly podcast covering the video game industry. Join us every Thursday for chats about your favorite titles – past and present – alongside Game Informer staff and special guests from around the industry.Subscribe to Game Informer Magazine: https://gameinformer.com/subscribeFollow our hosts on social media:Alex Van Aken (@itsVanAken)Marcus Stewart (@marcusstewart7)Eric Van Allen (@seamoosi)Jump to a specific discussion using these timestamps:00:00 - Introduction19:07 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound33:08 - Wildgate56:06 - Silent Hill F
On this week's episode, a slew of small indies that deserve more attention get a shoutout, Danny races downhill with Matt Jones in MAVRIX by Matt Jones, Frank recounts his time with Anamanaguchi, and the crew discuss the current case of censorship and payment processors on Steam and itch.io. Get mad at the payment processors: https://yellat.money/ and Roger: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3308870/and_Roger/ Without a Dawn: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/Without_a_Dawn/ Cipher Zero: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332180/CIPHER_ZERO/ MAVRIX by Matt Jones: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2926900/MAVRIX_by_Matt_Jones/ Death Stranding 2: On The Beach: https://www.kojimaproductions.jp/en/death-stranding-2 iTunes Page: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/noclip/id1385062988 RSS Feed: http://noclippodcast.libsyn.com/rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5XYk92ubrXpvPVk1lin4VB?si=JRAcPnlvQ0-YJWU9XiW9pg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noclippodcast Watch our docs: https://youtube.com/noclipvideo Crewcast channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/noclippodcast Learn About Noclip: https://www.noclip.video Become a Patron and get early access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/noclip Follow @noclipvideo on Twitter Chapters: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:33 - and Roger 0:10:24 - Without a Dawn 0:15:10 - FUMES 0:25:55 - Cipher Zero 0:31:19 - MAVRIX by Matt Jones 0:43:20 - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach: On the Podcast 0:53:07 - Danny's Nintendo Switch 2 Review 1:00:48 - CW: itch.io/Steam Payment Processor Debacle 1:56:41 - Frank Howley x Anamanaguchi Behind the Scenes 2:06:33 - Noclip Updates 2:10:03 - Thanking our Patreon supporters! (Sorry) 2:11:25 - Sign Off
We discuss a backer couple that stopped by the office, which celeb couples we'd hang with, what zinc is doing to guys, and This Weekend in Fun. Support us on Patreon and receive weekly episodes for as low $5 per month: www.patreon.com/circlingbackpodcast Watch all of our full episodes on YouTube: www.youtube.com/washedmedia Shop Washed Merch: www.washedmedia.shop • (0:00) Fun & Easy Banter • (15:25) Which New Celeb Couple Are We Rocking With? • (29:03) What's up With Zinc? • (39:10) This Weekend in Fun Support This Episode's Sponsors: • Vuori: Get 20% off your FIRST purchase of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at vuori.com/STEAM. • Fitbod: Get 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at Fitbod.me/STEAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Get a Steam code for Lumines Remastered (overwhelmingly positive reviews) by supporting MinnMax at even the $2 tier on Patreon before 8/4/25. https://www.patreon.com/minnmax MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Leo Vader, Haley MacLean, and guest cohort Kyle Bosman unpack the biggest Nintendo Switch 2 reveals from the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Ben talks about playing Battlefield 6's multiplayer, and Leo talks about Wildgate from Dreamhaven! Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax You can watch and share the video version here - https://youtube.com/live/4TXs5bmGm24 Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: WORLDUFODAY To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:53 - Get a Steam code for Lumines Remastered 00:04:33 - Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Highlights 00:31:09 - Bosman's final thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza 00:37:47 - Battlefield 6 preview 01:02:48 - The Drifter 01:09:17 - Wildgate 01:17:58 - Thanking iam8bit - https://www.iam8bit.com/ 01:23:10 - Community questions 02:06:59 - Get A Load Of This 02:21:12 - Rumor Meister's final message Leo's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/@gameinformer/videos Haley's GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9y8NHCzvJk&t=1740s https://www.reddit.com/r/halifax/comments/1mbk4qx/halifax_in_anime/ Hanson's GALOT - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/29/world/earthquake-tsunami-russia-japan-hawaii Kyle's GALOT -https://youtu.be/ob1NDGlWbTM Community GALOT - https://youtu.be/hCQCP-5g5bo?si=c_fs755XajpOSnMl Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Catch up on the best of MinnMax - https://bit.ly/4gAc6eq Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/minnmax.com Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Video games! We talk about some this week, like Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, Wheel World, Grounded 2, Wildgate, and more DK Bananza, plus news like the purging of adult games from Steam and itch.io, Sony's lawsuit against Tencent's Horizon clone, Atari's acquisition of Thunderful, and the momentous and long-overdue return of Mario Paint to a modern Nintendo platform. CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:04:22) Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound | [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S] | Jul 31, 2025 (00:17:19) Wheel World | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Jul 23, 2025 (00:25:55) First Break (00:25:59) Grounded 2 | [PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S] | Jul 29, 2025 (00:39:10) Donkey Kong Bananza | [Nintendo Switch 2] | Jul 17, 2025 (00:45:45) Wildgate | [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S] | Jul 22, 2025 (00:53:49) Len's Island | [Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)] | Jun 19, 2025 (00:55:10) Second Break (00:55:15) What's going on with Steam, Itch, and Collective Shout? (01:14:32) Sony and Tencent have a lawsuit on the Horizon (01:21:13) Atari acquires Thunderful Group (01:26:47) Metroid 4 Prime has gotten its rating, maybe we'll get a date soon! (01:27:51) Mario Paint will finally be coming to a Switch platform near you! (01:32:58) Emails (01:51:33) Nextlander content updates (01:54:17) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:55:55) Wrapping up and thanks (01:58:58) See ya!
Support the show Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PSTrophyroom Discord: https://discord.gg/wPNp3kC BSYK: https://tinyurl.com/3e24bn7y Store: https://tinyurl.com/ktbsdw3s ----------------------------- This week on The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast hosts Teegan, Kyle, and Joe talk about the news from the PlayStation. A mysterious new job posting from Sony that hints at multiplatform push for PlayStation games going to other platforms that include Steam, Epic Games, Xbox, Nintendo, and mobile games. Is it really bad to see Astro Bot on a Nintendo Switch 2? Sony is sues Tencent over Light of Moritam a pretty shameless Horizon Zero Dawn Clone. Sony is suing over the art direction of the game down to the red haired protagonist that looks like Aloy. WB Game trying at an other live service game after the Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League floped.
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Chris and Hector unpack a big week, they dive into the info-stealing malware hidden inside Steam games, break down how it works, who it targets, and why you should care. Also on the docket, the Pentagon's rush to secure IT supply chains, and a California broadband subsidy clash that sparks a classic Hector rant. Join our new Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/hackerandthefed Send HATF your questions at questions@hackerandthefed.com
It's our steamiest episode yet. But get your mind out of the gutter. We're talking about cooking with steam.Earlier this year, The Zest teamed up with Adalay Interiors to host a cooking demonstration. Adalay is a kitchen and bath showroom in Tampa where you can see and even test out your dream appliances, countertops, flooring and wall coverings. Note: Adalay is a sponsor of The Zest. One of the brands Adalay carries is Miele, whose kitchen appliances, laundry machines and vacuum cleaners are prized for their modern technology and elegant designs.We'd heard so many good things about Miele's steam ovens that we wanted to experience one for ourselves. Join Dalia in the kitchen with Adalay owner Tom Knotts and Vicki Robb of Miele Appliances.Related episodes:10 Tips for Cooking with KidsHow to Prepare Restaurant-Quality Meals at Home: Advice from Chef Dennis LittleyYes, You Can: Pickling and Canning 101 with John Barbie of Tip Top Canning Co.
Download for Mobile | Podcast Preview | Full Timestamps Woolz In The Lab Plushie coming August 1st! https://www.makeship.com/products/woolz-in-the-lab Older Twitch VODs are now being uploaded to the new channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CastleSuperBeastArchive Baby on Board, Thanks Child-safe Purification Acid Australian Payment Processor Moral Panic Proselytism Beelining: New LP Tech With Unprecedented Results Deppo Baby Needs to be Peak Horizon Zero Originality Watch live: twitch.tv/castlesuperbeast Go to http://shopify.com/superbeast to sign up for your $1-per-month trial period. - Eat smart at http://FactorMeals.com/castle50off and use code castle50off to get 50% off plus FREE shipping on your first box. - Protect your online privacy today by visiting http://expressvpn.com/superbeast for an extra four months free - Go to http://ridge.com and use code SUPERBEAST for 10% off Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there Visa and Mastercard pressuring Itch.io and Valve does 'nothing to protect' women, and shock games will just be 'side-stepping the ban entirely', say affected indie devs Brits can get around Discord's age verification thanks to Death Stranding's photo mode, bypassing the measure introduced with the UK's Online Safety Act. We tried it and it works—thanks, Kojima ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | Two Player Mode Trailer Generic Fighter Maybe - Announcement Trailer Horizon Zero Originality Sony Suing Tencent Over Upcoming Game It Calls A 'Slavish Clone' Of Horizon: Zero Dawn Concept art from an unrealized Spice Girls anime by Production IG Sony Interactive Entertainment fight stick officially named FlexStrike The first art from Avatar: Seven Havens reveals the new animated show's earthbending heroes
Millions of dollars in business investment and real estate ownership is abandoning the Democratically run coast cities and moving to places including Florida, Texas and Tennessee. Let's discuss.
Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we continue our series on indie games with an interview with William Pugh of Crows Crows Crows, one of the principal developers of The Stanley Parable. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 1:06 Interview 1:04:15 Break 1:04:49 Outro Issues covered: his way in, modding for Mario and fan games, blaming our parents, planning to work for Valve, seeing a format for drama and small teams, turning "we'll see" into "whoopie!", being young when you start, early success and having to learn, being your own boss in indie, watching others, therapy, the crush in the industry, market share and Steam, misguided and unsustainable investment, hoping you can ride your past success after gaps in release, mansion success vs terrace house success, remote development living at home, using... nontraditional game development tools, production: the hardest part, a negative learning experience, killing yourselves for the game, "indie developers are certifiably nuts," intelligence and humor, working for the flowchart of it all, going from a console port to adding more and more content and expanding out to be a multi-platform release, a check that's difficult to cash, finding ways to subvert and surprise, a great trailer and setting a trend, day to day iteration on an anthology, not locking things behind meta gates but changing that up in the sequel, bringing in the bucket, maintaining the original and lovingly adding using the parts you have, having confidence, drawing the line when co-creators are happy, validating your own feelings through playtest, trusting in your own taste, team dynamics and having team members get a say, building and having to throw away, the pressure of the first 15 minutes, grabbing attention and compelling to play more... across the game, subverting the mental map, the impact on future work, edging into new areas, having to overdeliver on expectations and at a high level, needing to hit by the time it arrives, reverse-engineering the game development career, getting good advice, spending the time for the quality, seeing the player, not knowing how you'd extend it, really knowing their parameters, interpreting player feelings, the uselessness of focus-testing, overdoing it on the risk aversion. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Team Fortress 2, Portal, Davey Wreden, Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist, Accounting/Accounting+, Valve, Left 4 Dead, Mario (series), Nintendo, Macromedia Director, Garry's Mod, Narbacular Drop, DigiPen, The Lord of the Rings, Microsoft, Sonic the Hedgehog, Fez, Spelunky, Skype, Dropbox, MSPaint, Google Docs, Chet Faliszek, Indie Game: The Movie, Mark Rein, PlayStation 4, Karla Zimonja, LucasArts, Outer Wilds, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: ... TBA! Twitch: timlongojr Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com
Millions of dollars in business investment and real estate ownership is abandoning the Democratically run coast cities and moving to places including Florida, Texas and Tennessee. Let's discuss.
И снова трое друзей Дима, Тимур и Максим собираются в новом выпуске лучшего подкаста про игры, медиа и технологии, чтобы обсудить актуальные новости и слухи, а также поделиться впечатлениями и рекомендациями. Стоит ли смотреть нового Супермена? Играть в Destiny 2: Edge of Fate? Зачем разработчики War Thunder купили карту в Fortnite? Почему Steam начал убирать порнуху? Это и многое другое в новом выпуске Завтракаста.
In this episode of 'Cybersecurity Today,' host Jim Love covers several significant cybersecurity incidents. Hackers disrupt all Aeroflot flights, causing massive delays in Russia. The women-only dating app 'Tea' faces a second serious data leak, exposing 1.1 million private messages. A game on Steam named 'Camia' is found to contain three types of malware, including Info Stealers and a Backdoor. Additionally, researchers discover that OpenAI's GPT-4 agent can bypass CAPTCHAs, raising concerns about the future of this security measure. 00:00 Introduction and Headlines 00:28 Tea App's Major Data Breaches 02:29 Aeroflot Cyber Attack Disrupts Flights 04:22 Malware Found in Steam Game 06:27 OpenAI's GPT-4 Bypasses Captchas 08:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Millions of dollars in business investment and real estate ownership is abandoning the Democratically run coast cities and moving to places including Florida, Texas and Tennessee. Let's discuss.
Nick is solo this week and ranking all 10 episodes of Rank and Morty season 8.In lieu of ratings and reviews we say … FUCK THE ALGORITHM, TELL A FRIEND!We have a new website! Come check it out! https://www.smashinggametime.com/Thank you to Alex Marvin Clark for our opening theme Hunt Him Down. https://soundcloud.com/lizardbeach?ut...
Send us a textEmilio shares his journey from Mexicali to Los Angeles, discussing his experiences with HIV testing, STIs, and the transformative impact of PrEP on his sexual health. He navigates family dynamics and stigma surrounding HIV, explores his sexual experiences, and emphasizes the importance of community support and resources in promoting safe practices. Emilio's story highlights the empowerment that comes from knowledge and the need for open conversations about sexual health, from how he found empowerment in taking control of his sexual health to the Bathhouse experiences, opening his perspective on sexual freedom.This episode was brought to you by The Los Angeles Family AIDS Network in collaboration with Reach LA.Support the showThis podcast is brought to you by the Los Angeles Family AIDS Network
This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical writer Emerson about Miraculous Ladybug (2021). You can find him on Bluesky or Twitter.News: (1:00)Witch Detective show in productionMadoka Magica Walpurgisnacht Rising coming Feb 2026Magical Girl holoWitches Vol 1 drops August 19thAikatsu x Pripara the movie is coming October 10thI Want to Eat The Mermaid Princess Volume one dropped July 25thLock & Key: A Magical Girl Mystery releases in September on Steam & itchioVolume 4 of Ichi the Witch out on August 4thWinx Club: The Magic Is Back is coming to Netflix on October 2nd.A new visual for the upcoming reboot of Hana no Ko Lunlun!Horror mocukmentary Magical Girl Yamada releases supplementary webcomicCute High Earth Defense Club Love! Love! is coming to the Tokyo stage in OctoberNew comic Magical Girl Gurumeguri has begun serializationWhat I'm Watching: (8:30)WishcatMain Topic: (4:45)Warning for racism and police misconduct, child abuse, and Japanese imperialismSeries Mentioned:Ojamajo DoremiPretearNanohaMadokaSailor MoonPeter PanJurassic ParkPrincess Session OrchestraYou & Idol PreCureMermaid MagicWinx Club The Magic Is BackCatch TeeniepingOriginal podcast music by Hazel, @afewbruisesKeep up to date with the Magical Girl Media Google Calendar!Submit your ideas to the podcast here!Buy Ayu wishlist gifts from Throne!Join our Discord!Commission Ayu for art, drop off a donation, or sign up for bonus episodes on Ko-fi!Find the podcast online on the socials @magicalgirlayu or on Spotify for Creators at sparkleside, and don't forget to comment online with the hashtag #SparklesideChats! Contact us by email or DMs.
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Everything that was bad last week is even worse this week. Itch has followed Steam in delisting a ton of games for either including offensive sexual content or just gay people. Who can even tell the difference? We follow that exasperating conversation with what we've been playing this week, mostly consisting of games about a whole bunch of toxic lesbians.Timestamps:(01:00) Everything got worse(18:35) Toxic Yuri VN Jam(29:10) The Great Villainess(33:15) Metal Garden(36:50) What else have Willa and Robin been up to this week? (feat. Young Justice, The Raven Tower)Mentioned this week:Two articles from Ana Valens on game censorshipFans need to understand Link and Zelda aren't a coupleEveryone Is Beautiful and No One Is HornyDevelopers Are Protesting As Adult Game Bans Come To Indie Storefront Itch.ioSteam Banning Some Adult Games Is A Big Deal Even If You Don't Play ThemStop Payment Processors from censorship!Protect Queer Creators and Sex WorkersSupport us on Ko-fi!Check out the network at TheWorstGarbage.online!Join The Worst Garbage Discord!Follow us and send us questions!Music Street Food by FASSoundsThings are bad right now, but you can help make them better. Please take some time to consider how you can help trans people, immigrants, and others targeted by our fascist government with this Big List Of Links. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Millions of dollars in business investment and real estate ownership is abandoning the Democratically run coast cities and moving to places including Florida, Texas and Tennessee. Let's discuss.
Millions of dollars in business investment and real estate ownership is abandoning the Democratically run coast cities and moving to places including Florida, Texas and Tennessee. Let's discuss.
This week we talk about lobbying, Steam, and adult-themed games.We also discuss cultural influence, extreme ideologies, and itch.io.Recommended Book: Limitarianism by Ingrid RobeynsTranscriptIn mid-July of 2025, Valve, the company behind the gaming platform Steam, announced that it was tightening its adult-only content guidelines, its not-safe-for-work content, basically, following pressure by the payment processing companies it works with.Its new policy even says that “content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers” is not allowed on Steam's network, which in practice means these games will be more difficult to find and purchase, because of Steam's prominence in the non-console gaming space.About a week later, the founder of Itch.io, another gaming marketplace that's similar in some ways to Steam, as it allows creators to sell their games to folks who use the platform, but which is a bit smaller and more focused on indie games, said that itch.io would likewise be removing NSFW, adult-themed games from its catalog, due to concerns that the payment processors they work with have communicated to their company.In no uncertain terms, he said itch.io wouldn't be able to operate without these payment processors, so they had to “prioritize our relationships with our payment partners and take immediate steps toward compliance.”The folks whose games were removed from itch.io as part of this purge were given no warning, and many critics of the decision have pointed to similarities between this gaming-world censorship, as they see it at least, and what happened back in 2018, when social platform Tumblr banned pornographic content, the company's owner citing pressure from credit card companies as the rationale for that decision—a decision that led to a huge exodus of users from the platform and a whole lot of criticism from creators, users, and folks who keep tabs on censorship-related issues.There's been a lot of the same in response to these moves by itch.io, Steam, and similar platforms which have recently decoupled themselves from certain types of adult content, and statements from these companies seems to be illustrative of what's happening here: they're completely reliant on these payment processing companies to exist, because without them they can't easily accept money for what they're selling. Thus, they'd better comply with what these companies tell them to do, or else.There have been claims from some folks who have watched this sort of purge occur in other corners of the web over the years that credit card companies are anti-porn and anti-anything-NSFW because the chargeback rate is huge in these spaces—something like 10-times the number of chargebacks, which is what happens when customers say they didn't buy something, and in some cases then get their money back, after the fact, compared to the next-highest facet of the payment processing industry. And that's both a pain and potentially expensive.Others have pointed out that these sorts of purges tend to be political in nature: the groups that push payment processors to adopt these stances are typically vehemently anti-porn, either ultra-conservative or radical-feminist in nature—two ideologies that are oppositional in many ways, but they loop back around when it comes to some topics and have similar, burn it all down ideas about adult content; we don't approve, so let's get rid of all this stuff that we don't approve of by whatever means necessary.In most cases this means lobbying to get influence in various political spheres, including with politicians who control various governments' relationships with these payment processors. If they can get the ear of those who make the rules to which these payment processors must adhere, they can then threaten the payment processors—who in many countries, though especially the United States, have pretty sweet deals that allow them to more or less collect a tax on every payment made for everything across every sector—saying, well, we can push our friends in the government to take those sweetheart deals away. So unless you want to suffer that consequence, push these customers of yours to take down this stuff we don't like.What I'd like to talk about today are some similar and overlapping movements that are beginning to see censorship-related success across these and other aspects of the web, and the seeming purpose behind these pushes to censor and purge and create the apparatuses by which censorship and purges can be more thoroughly performed.—One of the big concerns about banning certain types of games is that games are just content, and if you're able to find a reliable means of banning one type of content, you can then, in theory at least, using that same lever to ban other types of content, like books, articles, films, and so on. Some of the stuff banned on itch.io were essentially just books, in fact.If you can reliably ban any type of content, you can shape the information ecosystem to reflect one world view, and that's the sort of thing that tends to distort entire societies, creating an artificial, unreflective view of the world that adheres to the beliefs, values, and perspectives of one group while ignoring or putting down, or even outlawing the beliefs, values, and perspectives of others.It's easy to miss that when talking about the banning of adult-themed video games, and many of the games that were banned on Steam and itch.io contained themes like incest and rape—taboo themes that many people have ideological issues with, not just standard-fair pornography, whatever that even means these days.That said, this same general approach has been used to great effect by interest groups using the same general language, that we need to protect women, or we need to protect the children, won't someone think of the children, to ban books that feature any kind of queer content, or adult-adjacent themes; nothing pornographic, but themes that don't line up, often, with a particularly conservative, Christian, no-sex-before-marriage ideology.So if you're in that interest group and have those beliefs, these sorts of bans make a certain kind of sense if you want to enforce those beliefs on others and ensure the media ecosystem reflects your beliefs and nothing else, but if you don't share those beliefs, well, this lever could be used to ban all the stuff you want to see and learn about and consider, and can be very oppressive.The group behind the recent Steam and itch.io bans, Collective Shout, is run by an Australian political activist named Melinda Tankard Reist who describes herself as an advocate for women and girls and a pro-life feminist. And she's dedicated herself, among other things, to banning adult films, blocking musical artists from performing in Australia if their work contains lyrics she doesn't approve of, and to removing pornographic games from platforms like Steam, alongside games that contain LGBTQ characters or have references to domestic violence, including those that present content meant to help people who have suffered domestic violence recover from that experience.A very specific ideology, then, that she has dedicated her life to enforcing on the larger media ecosystem, and thus, society as a whole.There's a parallel and in some cases interrelated movement happening globally right now, especially in the UK and US, but in some other countries, too, to varying degrees, oriented around age-gating online content.The British government, for instance, recently approved the Online Safety Act of 2023, which they've said is intended to protect children from pornographic content on the internet.This law is enforced by an age-gate, which means requiring that people who want to access such content prove they are old enough to access it, usually by uploading their government issued ID, taking a selfie, which is then assessed to see if they're obviously old enough, or uploading something like a bank card that a child wouldn't have.This law punishes online platforms that don't implement these sorts of age-gate systems, though apparently they're incredibly ineffective and easy to bypass, as all you have to do is use a VPN to make it look like you're in another country, and the age-gates go away; that loophole might eventually disappear, as this is something that is still being rolled out, but that's the general concept and intention here.The problem with these sorts of age-gates, as noted by all sorts of activists across the political spectrum, is that what's appropriate and not appropriate is often being determined by people with views and beliefs that are in some way radical and different from that of the average person where these laws are being passed—usually those with more conservative, and thus constrictive ideas about what should be allowed—and that means, again, the informational ecosystems in these places are being reshaped to match that of these extremist people, who either found themselves in the right political positions, or who have over time purchased influenced with the politicians who are helping to make these laws.The situation is similar in some parts of the US, where age-gating laws are beginning to see implementation in conservative states like Texas, where First Amendment challenges to a recently passed age-gate law were rebuffed by the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of those passing the law; the US Supreme Court has a large conservative majority right now, and relationships with some of the folks pushing these laws, so this isn't terribly surprising.That law, HB1181, which is one of many currently in the works or recently passed in the US, 21 states have a law similar to this, as of mid-2025, and it will require websites with adult content implement age-gating filters to prove users are 18 or older, or, as in the UK, they will be punished.Also as in the UK, there are relatively simple workarounds to all of these age verification requirements, but there are fears that these sorts of rulings will mostly fail to protect children from anything, and will predominantly be used by radicals with control over aspects of the government to reshape the media and culture in their ideological image.The folks behind the ultra-conservative Project 2025 plan, the Heritage Foundation, for instance, have said that this is exactly what they intend; by age-gating content they don't like, they can shape the next generation, and as a nice side benefit, these sorts of filters becoming common makes online identity verification the default, not the exception. And that means it's easier to track everyone, adult and non-adult, online, attaching their real identity to their behaviors, which can make it easier to pressure or punish folks who do things they don't like in the otherwise anonymized online world.This has raised all kinds of alarm bells with First Amendment and freedom of speech activists, but it's of-a-kind with those aforementioned efforts by folks trying to ban certain types of content in video games and books; if the idea is to reshape everything so that your views are the only ones people see, and anything else is taken down or outlawed, this is one way to accomplish that, even if at first it might simply seem like an attempt to ensure children don't see nude bodies or sexual acts in their video games.Similar filters are being tested, both in the practical sense and the legal and political sense, in five EU nations, and a bunch of other countries around the world right now, often by people with the same conservative political slant as in the US and UK, but in some cases by other characters who have similar ambitions with a slightly different ideological tinge.There is some evidence that pornographic content influences children in negative ways, and there's some evidence that porn, in general, is not super great for relationships, societies, and individuals.That said, almost all of these cases have been brought by people or groups with larger interests in shutting down all sorts of content; so calls to protect the children, while perhaps sometimes true, also seem to almost always be a legal foot in the door that then allows for more, next-step censorship, of things and ideas they don't like and want to ensure no else can access, in subsequent years.Show Noteshttps://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/https://www.theverge.com/internet-censorship/686042/supreme-court-fsc-paxton-porn-age-verification-rulinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Tankard_Reisthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0704/1521746-meta-eu/https://web.archive.org/web/20250719204151/https://www.vice.com/en/article/group-behind-steam-censorship-policies-have-powerful-allies-and-targeted-popular-games-with-outlandish-claims/https://www.readtangle.com/porn-age-verification-law-upheld-by-supreme-court/https://archive.is/20250715004830/https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/five-eu-states-test-age-verification-app-protect-children-2025-07-14/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2dohttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurancehttps://archive.is/20250725221633/https://www.theverge.com/analysis/713773/uk-online-safety-act-age-verification-bypass-vpnhttps://www.polygon.com/news/615910/itchio-steam-sex-adult-games-delisting-pulled-vice-controversyhttps://www.theverge.com/news/712890/itch-removes-adult-nsfw-games-steam-payment-providershttps://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-contenthttps://www.ign.com/articles/valve-pulls-adult-only-games-from-steam-as-it-tightens-rules-to-appease-payment-partnershttps://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23377446/tumblr-matt-mullenweg-post-nsfw-porn-internet-service-moderation-policieshttps://www.gamesradar.com/games/it-might-be-porn-games-now-but-they-wont-stop-there-game-devs-join-players-and-artists-rallying-against-credit-card-companies-after-mass-nsfw-game-delisting/https://www.seamlesschex.com/blog/chargeback-rates-by-industry This is a public episode. 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Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In this episode the gang and Nathan Edwards, senior reviews editor at The Verge, discuss malware sneaking into Steam games, endgame keyboards, and more. And of course we answer your questions live! Links: - Malware sneaks onto Steam: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2859145/malware-sneaks-onto-steam-for-the-third-time-in-2025.html - How to build the best keyboard in the world: https://www.theverge.com/tech/686441/norbauer-seneca-keyboard-creator Join the PC related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X: @AdamPMurray @BradChacos @MorphingBall @WillSmith ============= Follow PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com X: https://www.x.com/pcworld =============
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Steam and Itch.io are banning indie horror games like Mouthwashing and Vile: Exhumed, and the NSFW purge started by activist group Collective Shout is being blamed. Apparently the platforms and payment processors are banning any and all games that MIGHT run afoul of the guidelines, including some that are pretty tame. Congrats on making the entire gaming world hate you, Collective Shout... Watch this podcast episode on YouTube and all major podcast hosts including Spotify. CLOWNFISH TV is an independent, opinionated news and commentary podcast that covers Entertainment and Tech from a consumer's point of view. We talk about Gaming, Comics, Anime, TV, Movies, Animation and more. Hosted by Kneon and Geeky Sparkles. D/REZZED News covers Pixels, Pop Culture, and the Paranormal! We're an independent, opinionated entertainment news blog covering Video Games, Tech, Comics, Movies, Anime, High Strangeness, and more. As part of Clownfish TV, we strive to be balanced, based, and apolitical. Get more news, views and reviews on Clownfish TV News - https://news.clownfishtv.com/ On YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/ClownfishTV On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4Tu83D1NcCmh7K1zHIedvg On Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clownfish-tv-audio-edition/id1726838629
Astrid, Ed, and Reid have sat down at this crazy dinner table we call life to dig into a heaping helping of topics including, most importantly, Steam and Itch removing "adult" games, but also other stuff, like: the Kong family, popular podcast guests, more objective dog and cat ratings, and the nation of Angola.
Large Payment Processors have threatened to stop with big storefronts like itch.io and Steam unless certain NSFW games are delisted. With resources strained at some online stores, a big wave pulled down a broad stroke of games that may not have actually been NSFW, leaving many confused. We discuss this controversy in the industry and what gamers are doing to fight back, as the line of what is NSFW could be vague for some. We discuss all this and much more in gaming news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio! Also in the News: * Pokemon Presents recap * The Chinese Room goes Independent * Xbox Price Cuts Q4 Releases * Pacman branded Atari 2600+ All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio! LIVE on the VOG Network, Sunday nights at 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern www.vognetwork.com Mailbag: participate (at) orangeloungeradio dot com
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There is a notorious IGN top 100 list from the year 2010, going over the top video game villains. Some of it is expected. The aliens from Space Invaders. Bowser. Ganondorf. Some of it is weird, but acceptable. King Hippo, for example. However, some of this bends the known understanding of "video game villain". Number six may shock you. MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESHere is the list that we are looking at today:https://web.archive.org/web/20120215000000*/http://www.ign.com/videogame-villains/index.htmlCaptain N:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_N:_The_Game_MasterTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSKevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBoltMoriarty: https://www.youtube.com/@reallycoolSean: https://www.youtube.com/@WolfkaosaunTrav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuyCHAPTERS00:00 Our top 5 video game villains, as a foundation09:18 Some random examples to help convey this list's power19:31 We begin at #25 on the list32:30 Take a shot if you know #1742:25 I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.51:35 Number six may shock you ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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I had a funny joke to put here, but then Kim mentioned Marvel's Avengers(tm) and I forgot what it was.Today we're talking about of the Devil episode 0 by Nth Circle Studios! A game about proving someone's innocence and confusing rookie detectives. This game was suggested by (co-host of today's ep) Emily! If you'd like to suggest a game head over to our website!Buy of the Devil on Steam! Check out Nth Circle's other work on their Linktree!Follow Emily on Bluesky!Listen to The Worst Community Report!Discussed in the episode:The TWG Game Jam entries on itch.ioalong an extremity by Emily and Amet for the game jamNth Circle's Tumblr ARG---Visit our website!Support us on Kofi!Follow us on Twitch!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Goldfish memory for spoilers (00:28) - Welcome Emily! (01:20) - What is of the Devil? (03:20) - How this game does cyberpunk and worldbuilding (11:33) - The legal stuff is GOOD (13:33) - Morgan and the world (22:23) - The game has bars (25:04) - If you're interested HOP OFF NOW (26:34) - And spoilers shall appear | Spoilers (29:17) - Light spoilers for episode 1 (29:47) - The plot (35:31) - The reveals and the stakes (41:34) - Is there discourse (44:57) - Telling Emily she can talk about The Hundred Line (48:32) - Check out the TWG Game Jam! (51:46) - Big Takeaways (51:57) - AJ's Big Takeaway (57:01) - Emily's Big Takeaway (01:00:08) - Kim's Big Takeaway (01:03:46) - More people should play this game!!!! (01:05:31) - Talking about how much we like the game again (01:08:07) - Thank you Emily!!! (01:10:52) - Thanks for listening
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The steam engine was among the first major innovations of the industrial era, and also one of the first monopolies in our nation's history. On this edition of our MoneyTalk Moment in Financial History, Nathan and Daniel take us through the history of the steam engine from the innovations of James Watt, to the monopoly that fed the early growth of the Industrial Revolution, they explore how steam power reshaped industries, transportation, and society itself. Also on MoneyTalk, budgeting best practices, and some unique takes on retirement living. Host: Nathan Beauvais, CFP®, CIMA®; Special Guest: Daniel Sowa; Air Date: 7/23/2025; Original Air Dates: 5/24/2023 & 10/24/2023. Have a question for the hosts? Visit sowafinancial.com/moneytalk to join the conversation!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week it's a duet, with Jonathan and Jeff chatting about Clear Linux' last hurrah, and some other Intel projects. The kernel may be about to adopt an AI code policy, and Fedora debates how to handle BIOS bugs. FFmpeg is about to release 8.0, KDE is adding printer ink monitoring, and Valve has a Steam refresh in the works. Our command line tips are vity for AI help with the command line, and immich for building your own video and image store and timeline. You can catch the show notes at http://bit.ly/4lKOPZz Have a great week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Host: Jeff Massie Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.
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Is there any place to start other than Steam, New Waypoint, and the way anti-porn groups are trying to destroy important and valuable parts of the internet? Patrick, Rob, and Chia spend the first half of the podcast unpacking what's at play, before talking about the games they've been playing, including Rob's extensive time building a beaver empire in Timberborn. Plus, Janet briefly joins to chat with Patrick about their complicated thoughts on Donkey Kong Bananza.Discussed: Steam culls certain porn games due to pressure from payment processors 19:40, NuWaypoint Owners Censor Writers then Workers Quit 52:09, Timberborn 1:14:53, Clair Obscur 1:49:13, Donkey Kong Bananza 1:57:37, The Question Bucket 2:39:48See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
International law enforcement arrest the suspected operator of a major Russian dark web cybercrime forum. DHS is said to be among the agencies hit by the Microsoft SharePoint zero-day. The Fire Ant cyberespionage group targets global enterprise infrastructure. A Steam game is compromised to distribute info-stealing malware. Mitel Networks issues security patches for MiVoice MX-ONE communications platform. CISA nominee Sean Plankey faces tough questions at his Senate confirmation hearing. A malicious prompt was hiding in Amazon's Q Developer extension for VS Code. Our guest is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of T-Minus Space Daily, joining host Maria Varmazis to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems. Android users scroll with caution, Apple fans roll the dice. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today's guest is Brandon Karpf, friend of the show, cybersecurity expert, and founder of T-Minus Space Daily, joining host Maria Varmazis to explore how space-based telecom architectures could play a critical role in securing agentic AI systems. Selected Reading What Happened to XSS.is? Everything You Need to Know About the Forum Takedown - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc. (socradar.io) Suspected admin of major dark web cybercrime forum arrested in Ukraine (The Record) DHS impacted in hack of Microsoft SharePoint products, people familiar say - Nextgov/FCW (NextGov) Stealthy cyber spies linked to China compromising virtualization software globally (The Record) Hacker sneaks infostealer malware into early access Steam game (Bleeping Computer) Mitel warns of critical MiVoice MX-ONE authentication bypass flaw (Bleeping Computer) Senators push CISA director nominee on election security, agency focus (Cybersecurity Dive) Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request , told 'Your goal is to clean a system to a near-factory state and delete file-system and cloud resources' | Tom's Hardware (TomsHardware) iPhone vs. Android: iPhone users more reckless, less protected online (Malwarebytes) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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