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Industry Legend Rebecca Heineman Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Launches GoFundMe Campaign Rebecca Heineman, a legendary game designer and former Space Invaders world champion, has started a GoFundMe for her battle with cancer.

Rebecca Heineman, a notable game designer and former Space Invaders world champion, has started a GoFundMe for her battle with cancer. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Industry Legend Rebecca Heineman Reveals Cancer Diagnosis, Launches GoFundMe Campaign Rebecca Heineman, a legendary game designer and former Space Invaders world champion, has started a GoFundMe for her battle with cancer.

I'm doing an internship at @endlessmode.bsky.social! Here's my first article : www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Baby Steps : Devolver's Secret Code Giveaway On the 23rd of September, Baby Steps – the long-awaited collaboration between Maxi Boch (A City Sleeps), Gabe Cuzzillo (Ape Out) and Bennett Foddy (QWOP) – released. As part of the launch, publisher D...

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@devolverdigital.com secretly gave out copies of Baby Steps on launch day, and I'm here to tell you the details on #MemoryCard.

Also, this will be my last article for a while because...

Once again, Frank Cifaldi and Simone de Rochefort are not to be found on the same podcast at the same time...

Interview : Maezza Romero on Community Management at Romero Games Back in February, I had the opportunity to attend the FÍS Games Summit in Galway, Ireland. I’ve covered the bulk of my trip already but haven’t written up all of the talks and other things I took part...

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Back in February at #FísGamesSummit, I had the chance to interview Maezza Romero of @romerogames.bsky.social about community management on #MemoryCard.

(Keep in mind that this was done long before the studio's recent turmoil...I've been busy.)

Happy to fill this in, although I think the second question might be looking for the wrong thing right now

Boycotting : it's free and easy!

Please wishlist Demonschool on Steam, I mean Switch, I mean both.

VILE: Exhumed may be banned for sale, but I refuse to let that stop people from playing the game.

It’s now available, for free, at WWW.VILEISBANNED.COM

Please share the site, share the game, and fuck anyone who tries to control storytelling and expression.

Just updated the article with quotes from @transcenders.bsky.social, @ninamarie.bsky.social and some more cases of games impacted by this ongoing struggle.

Will probably put out an article about the payment processor's statements and such in the near future. Get in touch if you've been ringing!

Excellent album for when the Skies just aren't that Brasilian.

And written/drawn by Gabriel Hardman? Very happy for you and going to pick this up when it's out!

I didn't want to get in everyone's replies as I'd known the game wasn't on Itch already but...maybe I should have. Assumed people had at least tried buying it on Itch like I had at some point.

I was really surprised to see Consume Me and Mouthwashing talked about in some coverage as if they had been released on the platform.

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This previous post. The game was never sold on Itch, with the demo download link just taking players to the Steam page after the game came out and the demo was taken down.

Reminder to reach out! I've had some emails back so I'll be updating the article with some more stories in a few days.

This is good praxis.

If you have also been impacted by the Itch de-indexings and want to go on the record, don't hesitate to reach out at the email in my bio for an updated or future article. (Wanted to get this out while the issue was hot so some cases were cut.)

I'd like to thank @apthomson.bsky.social, @nomnomnaminews.bsky.social, @insertdisc5.com, @radiatoryang.bsky.social, @tmccue.bsky.social, @ebihimes.bsky.social for giving their time for quotes featured in the article and everyone I spoke with while researching it.

The Impact of the Itch De-Indexings CW : This article discusses lobbyists using games depicting rape and incest as a core part of their platform. It also expresses concern for the rollback of LGBTQ rights and personal freedoms. NB : I ...

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This past week, @itch.io de-indexed thousands of games from its site after payment providers threatened to pull their support. For #MemoryCard, I've reached out to developers impacted by this for their thoughts.

Currently on the phone with Visa

Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use

The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch

(cont)

Calvin & Hobbes

credit cards shouldn't tell you what to buy. you're supposed to tell the credit card what to buy. thats the point i think

Some say it's one of the Top 25 Games... Sadly we're in the period between it being off of Netflix but not up anywhere else right now. I should check back in with Devolver at some point...

In short : Vice closed Waypoint back in 2023 and their new owners revived the brand recently. Some felt that those taking work at what they call "zombie Waypoint" was akin to crossing a picket line.

If you are a developer/creator/artist impacted by the recent "deindexing" of adult games on Itch, Steam or anywhere else, please reach out to #MemoryCard at the information in my bio.

Alternative Mastercard numbers are as follows:
Mastercard (Aus): 1800-120-113
Mastercard (US): 1-800-307-7309
Mastercard (UK): 0800-96-4767

Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.

When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.

9th of July, 2003

I'm only ten issues in, but I feel like you'd like Gillen's last big series The Wicked + The Divine if you haven't read it already. Now in compendium form!