The developer is free to antagonize fans on social media and be a lazy fuck that can't be bothered to release different versions of the title on multiple platforms.

In return, fans can spend their money elsewhere and wait for the superior fan altered version to appear on the high seas for free.

This but with the caveat that while I've only seen 'vegans' be extremely ideologically militant, in my experience 'vegetarians' -- outside of foregoing meat -- have a very wide spectrum, with some even being OK with fish.

Might want to do it before the Aussies get onboard with preventing the unvaxxed from leaving the country. At least one country (Singapore?) has started that initiative already. Yeah...

If this building ever gets made, has 1 or 2 jets smash into it, and the whole thing goes to smithereens...there will be less 'conspiracy theories' to go around, I'll give 'em that.

It's about a month old, but I finally got around to watching the JRE episode with Peter MucCullough. Amazing watch, probably the best I've seen on the topic -- barring the symposium of concerned doctors, the latter being the 1st for me that fully explained toxicity of the vaccine (spiked protein).

If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it. This topic is covered in roughly the 2nd half. About 3 hours long, here's Rumble results (again, ~3 hours long) - https://rumble.com/search/video?q=Joe%20Rogan%20McCullough

Edit: Odyssey as an alternative platform if Rumble is problematic - https://odysee.com/$/search?q=Joe%20Rogan%20McCullough

Art style is my conjecture. In case of SS3, it contained actual footage of women (not fictitious / drawings), which they scrutinize more closely. Doesn't excuse the SS3 ban but those are the differences.

Could also be attributable to the human factor in different reviewers, which would allow for trends but not prevent anomalies. We've seen ideological games get green lit or stand for far longer on the store than they should, see LGBTQIAWTFBBQ+ explicit titles and BLM troll game as examples.

Subverse also had the benefit of being highly preordered, which could be yet another factor.

Subverse doesn't have an anime art style, but they did ban Super Seducer 3 as mentioned in the other comment thread.

Ghostlight's official comment is in the forums, relevant statement:

Due to circumstances outside of our control we have had to remove the Purge Corruption minigame.

One can argue they're lying, it's IFI's fault (which alone doesn't discount past decisions being a factor), or they couldn't be bothered to port the uncensored Switch version but rather the censored PS4 one.

It's not like we'll get official clarification, but Steam censorship at large - even if inconsistent - is undeniable.

Some people here like the NY Post, but I've never understood why. They're still part of the mainstream media, IMO their occasional good takes are not worth the clicks.

This has been going on for many years, to the point that OneAngryGamer created a 'Waifu Holocaust' list - https://archive.vn/98zUW

A little over a year ago, this topic came up and I made this comment - https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/11RNtKIvcC/x/c/

Important to note that Nintendo does NOT do the same censorship with 3rd party titles today but relies on ratings boards - which are an attack vector but at least bring some level of independence from the platform holder - while on Steam games with college student characters, or no sexuality at all, have been banned presumably for art style.

Steam's monopoly is not good. I'm hoping niche alternatives like DLSite can one day be more competitive.

Nintendo Switch version was uncensored, but not the Steam release because of Valve censorship.

Edit: The latter is my assertion based on trends but not established fact in this case. Valve's historical decisions, however, are probably factored by any publisher.

The answer to big government? More big government.

Don't worry, the meat packing monopoly will make good use of this.

I did! It's actually in my top 10 list. I played it around a decade ago, though I never did 100% it. That's a time after college where I got into VNs and am only returning to it now....big gap in time.

Excluding active plays, e.g. Baldr Sky will be here:

1. Saya no Uta
2. G-senjou no Maou | Kara no Shoujo | Steins;Gate
3. Fate Stay/Night | Sengoku Rance | Sharin no Kuni | Tsukihime
4. Clannad | Little Busters

No idea if the list rankings are consistent and actually make sense, since I didn't 100% some of them and have scattered memories, but it's not intended to be formal and good enough for personal use.

VNs are a really underrated medium. Looking back, I wish I had been less obsessed with work over the years and spent more personal time on leisure. Dropping sports completely about half a decade ago really helped open things up, slowly.

Thanks, in that case I'll do Sumika + Meiya's routes in Extra -- maybe skimming -- and read the summaries for the rest. I forgot to mention Unlimited (for external readers: the base game is Extra + Unlimited), but if I also don't like that then I'll do the same there.

Alternate is good, but also fucked up and disturbing. I'm about 60/40 on whether it was worth reading or would rather I hadn't read it at all.

Hah! My favorite stories are generally either bittersweet in nature or outright tragedies, so I'm guessing it'll fit in well for me.

Does Extella Link do anything special compared to other musous (e.g. Dynasty Warriors) in terms of gameplay or is it strictly the characters / nostalgia factor?

Good point, my apologies for butchering the English language.

That take is a bit too specific, I think, and probably more about the unprotected sex and promoted culture of promiscuity (not strictly affairs).

On this theme, here's a large infographic from The Epoch Times earlier in the year on the CCP Flu timeline - https://cdn.epoch.cloud/assets/static_assets/EPOCH_TIMES_VIRUS_TIMELINE.jpg

Really nice recap on the scamdemic.

I decided to welcome 2022 by exploring eroges. And by that, I mean full length visual novels that aren't strictly nukige.

Partly through a version of Baldr Sky that has Drives 1+2 combined (nyaa~), and taking some rest after finishing the 1st route. I can strongly recommend it. Note: unlike most VNs there's actual decent mecha gameplay in this title. From what I've seen, you also don't really need the adult patch because the ero scenes aren't the best, though I applied it for the original full uncensored experience.

Have a few other games lined up including Umineko, which is not an eroge, but there's not enough recreational time so who knows when I get to them.

Mainly trying to slog my way through Muv-Luv on the side so I can play Muv-Luv Alternate, but the base game is really not good. I remember trying it about a decade ago before abandoning it for similar reasons, but Alternate is supposed to be great, so it must be done.

As for other mediums, nothing of interest (e.g. reading some technical books).

I don't think I'd label the managerial incompetence of Riot in this case a victim. They were led by a bunch of buffoons failing upwards and started cleaning house after the Tencent takeover (because the latter is more cut-throat about actual business), though some of the idiots remain with titles.

No thanks. It was Merry Christmas for Christmas, and it'll be Happy New Year for New Year's.

Makes sense considering taxation itself is effectively theft.

Free vaccine btw.

This is not merely about a difference in opinion.

Calling anti-vax sentiment 'unsubstantiated opinions' is disingenuous to begin with.

We have receipts dating back the last year on this forum why this vaccine is problematic, and it's not some imaginary delusion.

how about finally FIXING THIS CLUSTERFUCK OF A RULESET?!

The rules are ridiculous. I see Dom is doing 0-day nukes for spammers, which is the right thing, so why do we have all this crap?

Most of them fall under buckets of illegal (already covered by ToS), spam, or anti-botting measures.

Of the remaining, Rule 16 is used to delete too much content. But although I get that this isn't a free speech forum, a lot of it falls under anti-brigading measures already being utilized so we could have some leniency here.

Eh, you could have just made this the one instead. I was thinking about creating a generic Christmas gaming session / what are you doing topic, but had other things to do and can't be bothered. One of you should try it, don't complain; people will participate once a proper thread exists.