Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs - 尼未亞 | Nmia Gaming
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Australian activist group Collective Shout has decreed that horror games are too risque, as the recent push to have payment processors pressure platforms like
  • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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    16 hours ago

    So, while this is going on, does anyone know of must-have games that could get targeted soon? My wishlist is pretty big, and I usually sit on stuff until I feel the need to play it, but if an indie dev is going to be unfairly targeted, I might as well grab stuff now.

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    I really don’t get it. What makes this one radical organization from Australia seemingly have so much influence and power? Frustrating as hell seeing how people’s livelihood can just be taken away from one day to the next due to one organization’s puritan values.

    • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
      131·
      2 days ago

      Didn’t spend all of their time arguing about idological purity online and actually pushed to achieve their agenda.

      • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
        16·
        2 days ago

        But why do Visa/Mastercard give in to them? If it were governments, or even a very large popular movement I’d get it, as there might be consequences to ignoring those. But Collective Shout is really quite small, there would be no backlash to just ignoring them. I guess maybe they have powerful connections.

        • Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.orgEnglish
          13·
          2 days ago

          Either Mastercard and Visa already agreed with them and just needed to be pointed in the right direction and needed an excuse OR direct action actually works by being persistent and annoying enough.

        • etherphon@piefed.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          They already have a lot of rules in place about what their cards can be used for, I’m actually surprised they didn’t do this themselves.

  • jay2@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    I own ‘Fear & Hunger’, the game pictured atop the article. I play it. I enjoy it. I have nothing to give but accolades for this game. The author was brilliant in the game design and story. Their target audience is a mature adult. The video game plays as a turn based top down survival horror rpg. It’s a very minimalistic game in it’s world, though it has a lot of unique gameplay programming that elevates it’s style above others. The story though… Wow.

    You are simply going to the bottom of the dungeon to kill someone and then leave. That’s it. However, It does have very adult oriented… things… peppered into the game. The setting is pretty dreadful, and as you proceed it only gets worse. Eventually, when you think it’s hit rock bottom, it finds a brand new shovel. It hits pretty hard too.

    If you are an adult that can handle adult and survival horror themes, it’s well worth a play and you should buy it immediately. It’s a lot of fun, though get you feet set. The game will shock you out of your comfy place, and it will do so multiple times. Not my favorite horror game, but probably in my top 5. Brilliant and violent, both to the extreme.

    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
      2·
      16 hours ago

      Unfortunately, there’s bad guys no matter where you go in the world. Fortunately, there are also good guys, too