Champ "The Champ" Champstice

For real tho, given Metal Heroes itself had a lot of "throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks", I think something in that vein would be a good idea if Super Sentai was to go away for a few years
Certainly would be a much better idea than that "Universe Sentai" rumour

ngl I think I'd have more respect if they just said "yeah it's because our EiC has a prior bone to pick with you. Also your article is harsher/detailed on CR than anything we've said on the matter, especially when CR's sponsoring us, can't be too meanie bo beanie about our sponsors"

Shame Games can suddenly not pay our staff. Not only is this devastating to Aika and their family's ability to pay their mortgage and bills (Aika has two small children if you didn't know, so thanks Patreon), but other people who relied on us are in similar positions with rent and so on. There can also be no new art drawn for the game until this is resolved. And by resolved, we mean that the vast majority of the nearly 1000 subscribers we just lost on Patreon rejoin us over on SubscribeStar. This is brutal. It's horrifying. It's causing panic attacks. But we will endure, and we will recover. But we desperately, desperately need to do so as soon as humanly possible, and so to that end, are experimenting with a new subscription incentive: Limited Edition Content.

Adult game dev Shame Games just abruptly lost its Patreon. No clear explanation why, and its staff cannot be paid. SG’s Aika literally has children to feed and is reliant on Patreon’s income to pay the bills

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If you’re upset about this (as you should be), pick up the phone and call

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STOP THE PRESSES.

The ROM for the unreleased Famicom RPG Splatter World has been released (in a thread on 4chan, of all places). I've tried it myself, and it does seem to be genuine. If it's a fake, it's a damn good one.

Expect (more) coverage on West Mansion soon.

@hg101.bsky.social

Cover of Black Swan Ace, featuring the logo, with Luke and Lan walking in the city. #blackswanace

A new COMIC!

BLACK SWAN ACE, a collection of short comics & art feat. occult detective duo dealing with esoteric cases, inspired by pulp Weird Fiction, Showa manga & Chinese horror stylings.

You can buy the pdf: sarracenian.itch.io/black-swan-ace
or read comics for free: tapas.io/series/Black...

Once again:

Aerial battle scene with a white ground effect vehicle flying low over a desert landscape with two red and white fighter planes attacking from above. One fighter just finished its attack pass and is pulling up over the ekranoplan, while the second fighter fires and hits one of the four engines of the transport craft. I was sorta going for the air pirate vibes from the porco rosso movie

Plateau pirates attack!!

A scene from a lil setting ive been thinking about for some time

Yeah the stuff we know now about the BTS stuff does make it clear it didn't really matter Who they threw into the replacement writer chair, being basically told "hey build this house while we're actively tearing down parts of it around you" wouldn't get the best results out of most people

And like. There's fucking artistry in those signs. Someone in the production of those shows had to put them there, put thought into how they look, how they come onto the screen
So it's always bothered me how a lot of pro releases just never Cared, bar the 1 site that used the main fansub format

Like CR wasn't perfect about typesetting (the noted thing of only using Core fonts for the Web for Everything, signs without shadows/outlines still typesetting with them), but it was so much better than basically every other service that still exists and licenses this stuff just not bothering At All

Very good article on the presentation of subtitles on CR (and touching on how sub presentation has kinda been disrespected for the longest time elsewhere)
Genuinely amazing that CR's current formatting is massively worse since the jank 2009 era of the site

Protect Queer Creators and Sex Workers - Tell Payment Processors to STOP TELL VISA, MASTERCARD, STRIPE, and PayPal to STOP

You can find some of Stripe's contact info here:
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If you're outside the US, remember that Visa and Mastercard are multinational companies. Search for "Visa/Mastercard [your country]" to find offices you can phone locally to complain about this. The more calls there are worldwide the higher the chances are of having an effect!

The Age-Checked Internet Has Arrived Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike.

Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike. www.wired.com/story/the-ag...

I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.

But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.

Post on /r/transgenderUK entitled “Reddit now censors LGBTQ+ content under OFCOM’s new ‘Online Safety Act’”

post text: “I honestly can't even think of words to describe how vile this is. Here's a screenshot of what I now see when I search "lgbt" with my VPN switched off. Occasionally a banner appears at the top of the screen saying something about needing to verify ID to access "mature content" but the button doesn't even work. The fact that we're now considered "mature content" makes me feel sick.”

The screenshot referenced in the previous image, showing the results of a search on Reddit for the term LGBT. No results from LGBT-specific subreddits appear; instead, posts from /r/Conservative, /r/Islam, /r/JustUnsubbed, etc are highlighted.

the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit

what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!

Teen comix no fear what if they made Simpson porn illegal? One fear.

I can't believe this is relevant now

Boss. I'm tired boss. We been doing these experiments and studies since the 60s and 70s and the outcome has been the same in them all.

The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.

"It would only cost $1000 a month to keep me housed."

Government: "Actually, we are gonna charge taxpayers $5,000 a month to lock you up in a small concrete cell."

"But why?"

Government: "Because my friends own the building that has the cell."

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Dont stop contacting Visa/MC, but Itch needs Stripe specifically pressured right now.

Add them to the boycott list. Which should be easy. I don't have Paramount+ and all the sports on CBS can be watched in other ways on Al Gore's Internet.

Action for Australian folks
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