Adult game creators Crimson Delight report that Valve are requiring them to submit NSFW game updates as formal DLC for review.
      • DiscussionBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        3 months ago

        Lol, yeah right…

        As if Islam or Judaism wouldn’t be just as bad or worse if it was in the majority in the Western world.

        The Middle East, the last bastion of the free world /s.

        Religion and forcing it upon others is the real problem here. Regardless of what religion it is.

        • orgrinrt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          3 months ago

          Yeah, the fundamental issue here too, ultimately, condenses down to tolerance and acceptance. Of other faiths, of other customs, of foreign ways to present or identify, of anything your faith or culture might not allow or actively do.

          Just being able to accept or at the very least tolerate others, as they are, without trying to turn them, or, kill them if they won’t turn…

          I can’t figure out why this is so hard for us humans, the majority of us at least, when it seems so… easy? Unless the difference is offensive to you, which, again, is just intolerance of difference. Just let them be and be your best self yourself. I can understand having a few words to try and sway them to be saved according to your faith or whatever, but failing that, just live your best life and I don’t know… maybe pray for them on your own or something if you’re truly worried about their soul or something. But dont go bothering them with that shit if they aren’t receptive. It seems so simple?

          • scholar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            3 months ago

            Evil has no birthplace, it has always existed in all people. Evil was there long before ‘The West’ or ‘Middle East’ were things. Religions don’t cause evil or intolerance, but some religions can be easily used to justify stoning gay people to death, or killing women for daring to be independant. If the bible didn’t command that gay people be murdered, or if Islam didn’t command that apostates be slain, it would be much harder to justify these evil acts. This isn’t a problem of religion, it’s a problem of cultures that take their religion too seriously.

          • BrainInABox@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            Come on now, homophobia was baked into the abrahamic religions long before Jesus was born.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    3 months ago

    Nope. This was a rumor and the article title is misleading. Valve blocked NSFW updates of games that were originally labeled as SFW and then the dev tried to update with NSFW game elements.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      88·
      3 months ago

      In the Reddit thread about the rejected NSFW updates, Crimson Delight have only good things to say about Valve’s handling of the situation. “I have to say the reviewer was kind and forthcoming, we didn’t feel threatened or bullied in any way, and we got the feeling they were trying to do their best to help devs navigate the process,” developer Frenzin writes. “But the fact of the matter is that Valve has payment processors breathing down their neck, and the rules keep getting stricter as time goes on.”

      “Valve isn’t the problem here,” Frenzin continues. "The big credit card companies are. If anything, Valve has stood up to them and pushed back. They could’ve simply nuked the 18+ section of Steam, but they didn’t, they stuck up for developers. Obviously adult games make Valve money, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of Steam’s catalogue. Silksong itself probably earned Valve more than most NSFW titles put together.

      “Given that we’re erogame devs, we’re against any sort of censorship (as long as the content isn’t sexualizing minors or nonconsensual in any way),” the developer comments. “But it’s important to understand where the real problem lies, and it’s not with Valve.”

      • Mr. Tambourine Man@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Valve, the only corporate that one is supposed to bootlick. And ironically it’s a storefront for closed source software.

        • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          from the article:

          Crimson Delight have only good things to say about Valve’s handling of the situation. “I have to say the reviewer was kind and forthcoming, we didn’t feel threatened or bullied in any way, and we got the feeling they were trying to do their best to help devs navigate the process,” developer Frenzin writes. “But the fact of the matter is that Valve has payment processors breathing down their neck, and the rules keep getting stricter as time goes on.”

          you’re blaming the wrong people. nobody is bootlicking.

    • whereyaaat@lemmings.worldBannedEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Since the issue is with payment processors, we need to switch to crypto to avoid the censorship and abuse of power from banks.

      Anyone who doesn’t understand this is a complete moron, but they are average so average people won’t see it.

      Popularity == intelligence

      • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        this kind of mentality solves nothing. blaming people who don’t know an alternative or who don’t understand crypto is not going to solve this problem. nor is crypto a perfect solution by any means.

        you’re suggesting a band-aid solution and shaking your fist at “normies”. quite ironic.