To quote the good folks over at the TWG Discord

See also here for more numbers to call

as you may or may not be aware, indie video game and ttrpg marketplace itch.io has recently been pressured by payment processors like Visa Mastercard to remove and delist “explicit content” from their site. this has resulted in, effectively, the mass erasure of works published by lgbtqia+ artists. this is the stated end goal of targeted action against payment processors by the group Collective Shout which angles itself to be “protecting children” by erasing adult content from existence.

obviously that’s bullshit. but there’s some stuff we can do as a community to try and fix this!

payment processors do not give a single shit about the content their products are being used to buy. they only care about liability and shareholders. Collective Shout was able to get Visa Mastercard to act with barely over 1,000 calls that’s less than half of the people in this discord. i know it’s a lot to ask every single person to make a call to their card holder, but if you have the energy i highly highly recommend doing so at either of these numbers

Visa Headquarters: (650) 432-3200 Mastercard Headquarters: (914) 249-2000

here’s a little script to follow if you’d like!

“Hello, my name is _____, and I would like to file a complaint. I find it troubling that Mastercard is blocking content on (the platforms you use) and making it difficult for me to make legal purchases. I am going to stop using Mastercard if this isn’t rescinded and fixed."

if you don’t have a call in you, you can send an email to the addresses below and add your signature to this petition from the ACLU

Visa Support: askvisa@visa.com Mastercard Support: b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/

this quote has been rattling around my head all morning: “They’re not worth your fear, but they are worthy targets for your rage.” - Chase Carter, Rascal.news

together we will win.

I think a lot of the Quentin D movies will be hit or miss depending on the person. It is such a strange concept for a film I quite liked but overall not his best work IMO. For more weirdness I gotta recommend Smoking Causes Coughing which I liked a whole lot more

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Tower Wizard is really good. If you want a taster of the style, the dev has a previous game Magic Archery which is 100% free (no microtransactions), just a very good, short, incremental game.

I gotta believe this is a troll post

“A delayed film is eventually good, a rushed film is bad forever"

How is Moonlighter 2? The first one is a game I always felt like I should like but I never really enjoyed the loop of the game for some reason.

I think this is a tacit admission from Nintendo that they consider the Steam Deck a competitor. Whereas for so long they have really not considered either Sony or Microsoft as competitors in their space.

If it brings more PC M+K style games to the Switch then that is only a good thing for the consumer I think, and there may even be a plus side for stuff like Metroid Prime 4 having mouse aim which would be cool.

People keep buying them (and complaining how shit GameFreak is)

They could (and probably should) just partner up with ProtonDB and just bring in badges like the Decky plugin does. That also has the added bonus of getting some recommended tweaks or settings from other users really easily.

This is probably super pedantic (bloody programmers right?) but I really feel like it would depend on what is meant by “know every programming language”. Like being able to remember every syntax and construct is sort of useful but not all that practical. Understanding how to implement the language in a useful way is the valuable part, not just knowing the keywords.

I guess I would kind of compare it to the difference between being able to read Shakespeare and being able to write Shakespeare,

The longer he remains uncaught, the longer this stays in the news

ACAB, it’s not complicated. The A stands for All. Catching a terrorist does not absolve you of all judgement

Nope. Check this shit

https://youtu.be/yXbJe-rUNP8?si=Z2ewXNH9pHoC5JpK

Lil Gator Game for a pretty short (maybe 4ish hours), VERY cute love letter to growing up and Zelda. 3D adventure sort of platformer I suppose, not dissimilar to A Short Hike

Oh man, the ending is so good, excited you get to see it for the first time. Definitely one of the best Zelda endings without question.

Majora’s Mask fans in shambles at this comment

Yes, definitely harder and especially the end game.

I basically never used food in BotW and didn’t really have to seek out equipment upgrades, but found it was pretty much mandatory for the final area after banging my head on it over and over.

I wish it would go on sale… ever. I’ve bought it multiple times across several platforms now, I really don’t want to spend $60 trying to get all the DLC on PC

Ha, funny timing, I actually just got this working yesterday.

I recommend going with OpenTyrian2000 rather than the GOG edition. It has some extra scaling options and music works out of the box.

Basic steps:

• download OpenTyrian and data files (in Github description) from https://github.com/KScl/opentyrian2000
• extract all to same folder. Data files should sit in same directory as OpenTyrian2000.exe
• (optional) if you have a Windows PC, you can try running it and it should start up normally
• assuming that’s all working, copy the files to your Deck
• add a new Lutris shortcut to existing game. I used latest Wine.
• test that you can run the game on Deck, it should boot and play fine with sound and all. Scaling options are in the OpenTyrian2000 menu option.
• (optional) on Steam side map escape key to start so you can pause the game if needed. All the other default keybinds seem to work though I did not test for long so others like weapon switching may need to be changed.

Hope that helps! Let me know if I’ve messed anything up or if it’s not working for you