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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

I really enjoyed talking to Chris about the histories that shape the current deplatforming efforts affecting NSFW video games! Grateful for him taking this issue seriously. I wanted to share links to some of my colleagues’ work that I mention here:

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 9d

Give me 45-minutes and I'll make you an expert on NSFW video game censorship (and the growing threat to your favorite hobby)

Why NSFW games aren't doomed (for now)

Sex games researcher Jean Ketterling puts the summer of censorship into context

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Canadian Network of Law & Humanities @lawhumanitiesca.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Contributions: Abolitionist Imagination--Arts Praxis, Process, and Pedagogy in Action for special issue of Crime, Media, Culture [Deadline: Dec 15, 2025] More info: cnlh.ubc.ca/call-for-con...

Call for Contributions: Abolitionist Imagination– Arts Praxis, Process, and Pedagogy in Action – Canadian Network of Law & Humanities

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

Forgot to tag @publicpubics.bsky.social above!

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

Porn + games studies pals, please add any of your own work you'd recommend as well! For folks looking for stuff behind paywalls, if you reach out to academics they are generally very happy to share pdfs.

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

@kendraserra.bsky.social's work here (law.yale.edu/isp/publicat...) explains how “shadow regulation by payment providers has supplanted the legal rules entirely, replacing theoretical community norms with corporate multinational risk, a move that parallels broader shifts in online speech.”

Imagine A Community: Obscenity’s History and Moderating Speech Online

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

And check out Val’s work with Rébecca Franco here (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....) and here (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....)

‘This is fucking nuts’: the role of payment intermediaries in structuring precarity and dependencies in platformized sex work

This article explores the impact of governance developed and enforced by payment intermediaries on the working conditions of performers working on adult labour platforms. At the level of the paymen...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

Val Webber’s work is essential for understanding deplatforming and payment processors. “The Impact of Mastercard's Adult Content Policy on Adult Content Creators” is available as a pdf here: www.researchgate.net/publication/....

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

@internetmaggie.com has a great explainer video on pornographic content creation, data, and algorithms www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjBn...

Porn, Platforms & Sex Panic

YouTube video by Internet Maggie

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

I really enjoyed talking to Chris about the histories that shape the current deplatforming efforts affecting NSFW video games! Grateful for him taking this issue seriously. I wanted to share links to some of my colleagues’ work that I mention here:

Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 9d

Give me 45-minutes and I'll make you an expert on NSFW video game censorship (and the growing threat to your favorite hobby)

Why NSFW games aren't doomed (for now)

Sex games researcher Jean Ketterling puts the summer of censorship into context

postgame.substack.com

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to everyone who came to this today. It was such a joy to be in conversation and community with these brilliant people.

Val Webber @publicpubics.bsky.social · 19d

Save the date! 🗓️
Oct 2, 12-2pm EST
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Panel on payment processors, deplatforming, and sexual censorship in games w/ @jeanketterling.bsky.social @acvalens.net @kenzitronic.bsky.social Ashley Guajardo Caroline Bem & myself - info and registration here:

irdl.info.yorku.ca/event/smc-pa...

Sex, Money, and Censorship: Battles Over the Deplatforming of Sexual Expression in Games (2025-10-02)

In July 2025, following a campaign by the Australian anti-pornography organization Collective Shout and ensuing pressure from payment processors including Mastercard, Visa, PayPal and Stripe, videogam...

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Feminist Media Histories @femmediahist.bsky.social · 7d

For your GRADUATE students! Submissions for the SCMS Gender and Feminisms Caucus Graduate Student Writing Prize are due in ONE month on November 1, 2025. The winning essay will be published (subject to revision) in FMH.

online.ucpress.edu/fmh/pages/aw...

Awards | Feminist Media Histories | University of California Press

Awards | Feminist Media Histories | University of California Press Awards   SCMS Gender and Feminisms Caucus Graduate Student Writing Prize   The SCMS Gender and Feminisms ...

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Edmond Chang @edmondchang.bsky.social · 6d

The #DiGRA2026 conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures. The theme invites a critical and celebratory exploration of how digital games enable, mediate, or restrict pleasure across lines of identity, genre, platforms, politics and more. www.digraconference2026.com #DIGRA

DiGRA 2026 Conference | Maynooth University

Join the DiGRA 2026 conference at Maynooth University, 14–18 June 2026. Theme “Intersectional Pleasures.” A global hybrid event for game research, culture, design, and industry.

www.digraconference2026.com

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Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · 7d

Live now: Back new physical editions of Dog Eat Dog, The Mountain Witch, and my Princess with a Cursed Sword!

Art & System: Games for Expanded Play

A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch

www.backerkit.com

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 15d

really interesting and probably pretty bad that they're going after high-risk payment processors directly now www.404media.co/florida-laws...

Florida Sues Hentai Site and High-Risk Payment Processor for Not Verifying Ages

Florida's attorney general claims Nutaku, Spicevids, and Segpay are in violation of the state's age verification law.

www.404media.co

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College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan @usaskartsci.bsky.social · 19d

Nuit Blanche Eve starts tonight in Saskatoon! Featuring multimedia artworks by USask School for the Arts students. nuitblanchesaskatoon.ca/eve2025

Nuit Blanche Eve 2025 — Nuit Blanche YXE

Make a weekend of NBYXE. Experience Nuit Blanche Eve on Friday, September 19th and 20th at Gather Local Market

nuitblanchesaskatoon.ca

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 20d

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21d

I don't think it's overdramatic to say that we must consider whether we want "working artist" to be a viable prospect in the near future, and how to materially protect the field from corporations, execs, and managers all too happy to automate creative production with AI.

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GAMERella @gamerella.bsky.social · 22d

🎮 MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🎮
The next GAMERella Game Jam is happening November 15–16, 2025!

This inclusive, beginner-friendly, and super accessible game jam is made for you! Join us for a weekend of creativity, collaboration, and cookies.

✨️ Sign-up is now open ✨️
www.eventbrite.ca/e/gamerella-...

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Michael Iantorno 🍂🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 22d

"Every year, many games are disappearing, for various reasons. Every game that disappears from distribution is potentially lost to game preservation efforts. It is particularly worrying when games are potentially vanishing due to external pressure."

GOG shares their thoughts on preservation in the face of payment processor crackdowns

Payment processors have been forcing platforms like Valve and Itch.io to crackdown on certain games, and GOG has offered their thoughts on the situation.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 23d

Despite the typo in the ad, applications are due Sept 18.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Art & Science

About the Pornography, Platforms & Play Project The Pornography, Platforms & Play Project (PPPProject) is an SSHRC Insight Development Grant-...

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 23d

If all goes according to plan, the project will involve a survey, interviews with developers and industry experts and two game jams centred on pornographic, sexual, lewd and erotic games. Please share the ads below to students at Canadian institutions who might be interested.

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 23d

This summer, I was granted funding to study the social, cultural, legal and economic factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of pornographic video games (wild timing, I know). Thanks to that funding, I’m hiring three research assistants!

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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 27d

Woo!

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Michael Iantorno 🍂🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 28d

I'm happy to announce the launch of 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓? - an interactive resource that provides post-jam guidance to game jammers!

I worked with @jimmunroe.net at GAIN to create this toolkit, which provides advice for jammers interested in commercial, artistic, or experimental development paths.

What's Next, Jammer? by Game Arts International Network

An interactive resource providing post-jam advice for game jammers

whatsnextjammer.org

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The Nostagain Network @nostagain.bsky.social · Sep 8

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