Joel Zico
@joelzicomcg.bsky.social
https://amzn.asia/d/3LPlYvw
https://ebay.us/m/zGYm5U
Creator of ‘Rock Car’
A 133-page Australian Manga graphic novel about a rockstar father and son road trip. Spectral encounters and guitar-sword fights ensue!
https://ebay.us/m/zGYm5U
Creator of ‘Rock Car’
A 133-page Australian Manga graphic novel about a rockstar father and son road trip. Spectral encounters and guitar-sword fights ensue!
“This is a hegemony of American prudishness, applied globally, incoherently, unevenly, and unseriously. Anybody responsible for these decisions would be vaporized in seconds by a Pinku movie from the 1970s…”
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“This is a hegemony of American prudishness, applied globally, incoherently, unevenly, and unseriously. Anybody responsible for these decisions would be vaporized in seconds by a Pinku movie from the 1970s…”
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"Valve has no obligation to publish your art" idk man maybe as one of the handful of people who can live off covering this industry you should have an obligation to not be a giant piss baby about it
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Valve has no obligation to publish your art" idk man maybe as one of the handful of people who can live off covering this industry you should have an obligation to not be a giant piss baby about it
Truly a dogshit take.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Truly a dogshit take.
Reposted by Joel Zico
Destin I mean this respectfully but have you ever seen a movie.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Destin I mean this respectfully but have you ever seen a movie.
Good art should be uncomfortable
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Good art should be uncomfortable
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The game does not endorse any of its darker themes. Films and books tackle this shit all the time, and it is accepted that the inclusion of is not endorsement. It’s commentary.
Steam is also just wholly inconsistent in what games it does or does not censor, which encourages blandness from creatives
Steam is also just wholly inconsistent in what games it does or does not censor, which encourages blandness from creatives
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The game does not endorse any of its darker themes. Films and books tackle this shit all the time, and it is accepted that the inclusion of is not endorsement. It’s commentary.
Steam is also just wholly inconsistent in what games it does or does not censor, which encourages blandness from creatives
Steam is also just wholly inconsistent in what games it does or does not censor, which encourages blandness from creatives
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Personally I think it is totally fine that an oligopoly of two powerful American platform companies get full discretionary control to decide what game content is allowed to be financially feasible and what game content isn't allowed to be financially feasible.
Horses shows "abuse, gory imagery (mutilation, blood), depictions of slavery, physical and psychological torture, domestic abuse, sexual assault, suicide"
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
It also implies someone is r*ped until they die. It's implied someone comitts necrophillia on the corpse.
Why are we mad about this ban?
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Personally I think it is totally fine that an oligopoly of two powerful American platform companies get full discretionary control to decide what game content is allowed to be financially feasible and what game content isn't allowed to be financially feasible.
Yuji Naka? The Inside Trader?
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Yuji Naka? The Inside Trader?
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watched train dreams last night and ah, what a beautiful film. its just a story about a guy.
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
watched train dreams last night and ah, what a beautiful film. its just a story about a guy.
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Koei Tecmo exec shares personal eulogy at Tomonobu Itagaki memorial: "You were so pure and cool"
www.eurogamer.net/koei-tecmo-e...
www.eurogamer.net/koei-tecmo-e...
November 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Koei Tecmo exec shares personal eulogy at Tomonobu Itagaki memorial: "You were so pure and cool"
www.eurogamer.net/koei-tecmo-e...
www.eurogamer.net/koei-tecmo-e...
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Sigh. Did every Lumines Arise level in a row (nonstop) without realising there’s a specific survival mode for that which grants an achievement
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sigh. Did every Lumines Arise level in a row (nonstop) without realising there’s a specific survival mode for that which grants an achievement
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What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
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Final Fantasy XV was released today 9yrs ago and sold over 10 Million copies.
official account @ FFXVJP closes today 🫡
official account @ FFXVJP closes today 🫡
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Anyway, @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s Frankenstein fu**in’ rocks and it sucks I can’t see it again in theatres.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Anyway, @realgdt.bsky.social ‘s Frankenstein fu**in’ rocks and it sucks I can’t see it again in theatres.
‘Memories’ is getting a 4K? Fantastic
メモリーズのデジタルリマスターが全国上映とな! しかしメモリーズはアマプラやDVDで めちゃくちゃ見たし~でも、せっかくの劇場版でデジタルリマスターだし~。うーん…どうしよう( `･ω･) ｳｰﾑ…
filmaga.filmarks.com/articles/327...
filmaga.filmarks.com/articles/327...
【公開30周年記念リバイバル上映決定！大友克洋 監督 お祝いコメント到着！】『MEMORIES』4Kデジタルリマスター版 11月28日（金）より全国上映決定！ | FILMAGA（フィルマガ）
©1995 マッシュルーム／メモリーズ製作委員会 国内最大級の映画・ドラマ・アニメのレビューサービス「Filmarks（フィルマークス）」主催のリバイバル上映プロジェクトにて、公開30周年を記念して『MEMORIES』4 […]
filmaga.filmarks.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
‘Memories’ is getting a 4K? Fantastic
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Kirby is putting a lot of recently percolating thoughts into perspective. The main thing I want from a game is that I start in one place and after X hrs am thinking in an entirely different language or ruleset. That the depth of a game enables a multiplicity of approaches. Shadow Labyrinth did this
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Kirby is putting a lot of recently percolating thoughts into perspective. The main thing I want from a game is that I start in one place and after X hrs am thinking in an entirely different language or ruleset. That the depth of a game enables a multiplicity of approaches. Shadow Labyrinth did this
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an interesting thing about the knives out movies is Benoit Blanc’s fundamental compassion: his ego drives him to solve cases but he knows the truth is indiscriminate, and just as likely to hurt the people who ask for his help. His struggle isn’t the mystery, but the moral cost of its solution
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
an interesting thing about the knives out movies is Benoit Blanc’s fundamental compassion: his ego drives him to solve cases but he knows the truth is indiscriminate, and just as likely to hurt the people who ask for his help. His struggle isn’t the mystery, but the moral cost of its solution
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www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
www.humblebundle.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
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Grasshopper Direct: 5 mins feat. ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN announced for Dec 4th - 5 PM PT
new look at title launching in 2026 PS5/XboxSeries/PC.
new look at title launching in 2026 PS5/XboxSeries/PC.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Grasshopper Direct: 5 mins feat. ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN announced for Dec 4th - 5 PM PT
new look at title launching in 2026 PS5/XboxSeries/PC.
new look at title launching in 2026 PS5/XboxSeries/PC.
Train Dreams is probably gonna be my film of the year
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Train Dreams is probably gonna be my film of the year
I genuinely think Burton (and Cage)’s Superman would have been an unforgettable piece of cinema.
Raimi’s Spiderman 4 also.
Raimi’s Spiderman 4 also.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I genuinely think Burton (and Cage)’s Superman would have been an unforgettable piece of cinema.
Raimi’s Spiderman 4 also.
Raimi’s Spiderman 4 also.
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Why will I never play Yotei?
My friend was fired because of spineless management and HR.
My friend was fired because of spineless management and HR.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
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aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why will I never play Yotei?
My friend was fired because of spineless management and HR.
My friend was fired because of spineless management and HR.
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Companies ignore when their employees are harassed because standing up for them could affect their bottom line, because a sect of gamers cherish harassing those they deem other. Ignoring that behavior and then caving to their obscene demands keeps the industry firmly in their claws.
For @aftermath.site, I spoke to @imodrew.bsky.social, the Sucker Punch dev fired after making a Charlie Kirk joke.
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
She paints a picture of an industry that all too often ignores bad actors until those bad actors threaten them financially.
aftermath.site/sucker-punch...
Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’
"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison
aftermath.site
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Companies ignore when their employees are harassed because standing up for them could affect their bottom line, because a sect of gamers cherish harassing those they deem other. Ignoring that behavior and then caving to their obscene demands keeps the industry firmly in their claws.