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Because I already have them, here's a key for Kathy Rain Directors Cut:

2RAWR-W7LZW-PDYGC

And for Regions of Ruin:

PZANR-EJ8BA-I0TWE

(With apologies to Liam if I'm not supposed to put these here)

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Can't they sue that former "dear friend" for damages or something?

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Removable Batteries on Laptops and Phones

Not true. Have it in my phone I bought this year.

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Removable MicroSD Storage on Phones

Not true. Have it in my phone I bought this year.

I'm not quite as inclined to a Total Doom prediction as ElectricPrism, but those two points up there specifically are at least extremely strong trends over the past, I dunno, five years or so? Sure, are are phones available with removeable batteries and MicroSD cards, but those have been becoming increasingly rare. I'm hoping the zeitgeist will turn back around eventually re: MicroSD in particular, but even brands and product lines which have historically been really good about that kind of stuff have ended up dropping it on their more recent models. Saying that features like that are entirely "gone" is probably overstating things slightly, but I know that my own phone selection pool has drastically shrunk since ten years ago.

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If I understand the situation correctly, their game got rejected not because it was disturbing (that is non issue for Steam) but because of illegal content.
Either it is in good faith, and they should apologize, either it is a marketing stunt and the press, GoL included, should not play along uncritically, [edit: no offence intended. I don't want to be rude, of course Liam is king on how is media is run].

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Quoting: kuhpunktThose devs sure love the attention.

What an odd thing to say. Of course they want attention, every developer wants attention. And they're drawing attention to a problem of the biggest PC store there is (and Epic...) refusing their game.

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Those devs sure love the attention.

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Quoting: Petethegoatnot singling you out, but there's been lots of misunderstanding of the content.

the game features censored (pixellated) adult male and female nudity. there's slavery, sexual violence, and a good bit of other nasty stuff. (there's a more thorough content warning on the store pages and when you start up the game)

according to their FAQ, the early build rejected by steam had a scene where a (clothed) girl rode one of the nude horse-slaves, as you would a horse. the final game does not have any children in it.

while it's true that steam or any store does not legally have to host every game, it's worth remembering that steam does host the entire "sex with hitler" franchise, and epic will explicitly make exceptions to allow AO rated games if they feature blockchain/NFTs. :)

I don't feel called out. Thank you for the consideration though.

I did see the mention of the earlier builds and the sexual nature of the game. I agree it's an aggressive game with really dark/disturbing themes - I think you and I are on the same page. It's no worse than so many others titles they are happy to carry. Their rejection feels performative.

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So my source was the faq then. Steam reject the game not because they were unwiling to distribute it. Steam bas a jokingly low bar of entry. But because they were not allowed to do it in most country ( all of them except Japan I guess). So the initial rejection is unsurprising.
The only point is the rejection of the appeal once the illegal scene was removed but I sympathise with Steam not allowing appeal in such case.

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As much as I like Valve for their investment in FOSS, things like this push me back to GOG. I understand they're a business and sometimes they make decisions based on what they think a portion of their customer base with different values than mine expect, and sometimes they make decisions based on pressure from more powerful entities (payment processors, my arch nemeses); but while I understand it, I don't like it and I'm gonna complain and vote with my wallet.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ElectricPrism☑ Optical CD/DVD/HD/BluRay Drive on Laptops
☑ Ethernet Port in many cases gone necessitating USB-C Hub
☑ Anything outside a single USB-C

Not true. Have it in my laptop I bought this year.

Oh, you bought a notebook with an ODD this year? Regardless of ElectricPrism predictions those *are* becoming more and more scarce and harder to find. Did you bought it for gaming or office work? Was it good? Can you please tell the model?

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@Eike do you have a fairphone?

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Quoting: simplysevenI read their post, and it seems like there is a scene in the game which depicts a young lady being led around as if she were a horse while she is naked. That sounds pretty dark and terrible, with depictions of abusive and coercive behavior at the very least.

not singling you out, but there's been lots of misunderstanding of the content.

the game features censored (pixellated) adult male and female nudity. there's slavery, sexual violence, and a good bit of other nasty stuff. (there's a more thorough content warning on the store pages and when you start up the game)

according to their FAQ, the early build rejected by steam had a scene where a (clothed) girl rode one of the nude horse-slaves, as you would a horse. the final game does not have any children in it.

while it's true that steam or any store does not legally have to host every game, it's worth remembering that steam does host the entire "sex with hitler" franchise, and epic will explicitly make exceptions to allow AO rated games if they feature blockchain/NFTs. :)

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What I can't figure out is how stagnant the budget wireless headset market is. It has been the case for like 3 years now that the Logitech G435 is the best (also the only) option at the given price range. It's as if the other brands don't even intend to compete in this sector, leading to the G435 occasionally having erratic price hikes; I got the better one G535 off Currys for 55 quid, no sale, just the regular price at the time. Then a couple years later I found the worse one G435 for 60 quid in the same retailer. Strange.

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Quoting: amataiMy understanding is that the game was banned, at least by Steam, for depiction of children in a sexualized way that was then removed. The game designer dont have my sympaty for using such underhanded marketing technique and I stand by Steam if this is the situation.

A source for that would be lovely.
According to the linked statement, the scene you are likely referring to, depicted a scene where a naked woman carried a clothed "young girl" on her shoulders, in a manner similar to someone riding a horse.
According to the developers, the scene was never sexualized (which, considering the subjects of the game, I see no reason not to believe) and it was certainly never used in any marketing, as you suggest, but was in an early - non-public - prototype, only uploaded to Steam to be able to create their "Coming Soon" page.

The finished game does not depict any characters under the age of 20.

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having played the game, while uncomfortable and sometimes upsetting, the actual content is not really substantially pushing any boundaries, even in AAA videogame context!

the steam delisting is stupid but consistent with their policies. the epic delisting is genuinely concerningly dumb, given they apparently did a sudden re-review of the final game.

anyway, i'd recommend it if you're interested. doesn't outstay it's welcome, and definitely has interesting things to say.

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Quoting: Avehicle7887As a thanks to their passionate community of consumers they're giving us the middle finger.

I refer to this as “we are closing to serve you better”.

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I love this mouse (particularly the lavender coloured one, I like not-black gaming stuff). Unfortunately I found it didn’t last very long. I have moved to the wired version, and have no complaints.

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My favourite thing about using logitech mice is that they're comfortable (for me anyway) and piper/libratbag lets you configure everything. Even better, that configuration is stored on the mouse, so it retains everything even after a reinstall. In fact, I don't think I've even installed piper on the my last two reinstalls. While I'm not opposed to trying other brands, this mouse stored configuration is not something I expect everywhere.

Disadvantage is that the quality can be a bit "meh" sometimes.

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I'm of two minds here. It's art and I don't believe it is actually harming anyone... so I'm inclined to "live and let live". It's their story to tell and if they want to tell a horror story about a farm, go for it.

That being said, Steam/Epic have the right to refuse to carry the title. They, like the artist in question, should be able to ultimately decide what their messaging and business is.

**PERSONALLY** it feels to me like a bit of an overreach. There are titles so much worse that are regularly given PRIZES by these organizations.

I read their post, and it seems like there is a scene in the game which depicts a young lady being led around as if she were a horse while she is naked. That sounds pretty dark and terrible, with depictions of abusive and coercive behavior at the very least.

[Far Cry 5](https://store.steampowered.com/app/552520/Far_Cry_5/) actively showcases corpses reworked as animatronic jump-scares in a haunted house. (Faith's area)

[FNAF](https://store.steampowered.com/app/319510/Five_Nights_at_Freddys/) The entire FNAF series involves targeted and mutilated children and a dead-cant-stop-him antagonist that certainly feels akin to Nightmare on Elm Street.

Clearly the list could go on and on.

I understand their desire to limit the game, naked horsemasked people don't sound exactly like a game I want to play. But standing on some kind of righteous stance of "It offends our virgin gaze" feels performative.

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My understanding is that the game was banned, at least by Steam, for depiction of children in a sexualized way that was then removed. The game designer dont have my sympaty for using such underhanded marketing technique and I stand by Steam if this is the situation.

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Probably as I've got a bit of bundle overload and stuff just gets missed...

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This is something I did not expect.

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Free PR. Makes it even more appealing to play.

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Well, it's hard to believe that 2 decade old proprietary has a 64 bit native build available for Linux already. It does require a bit library linking but Luxtorpeda automates that perfectly. Regardless, best arena shooter of all times.

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Maybe this will be a good opportunity for Chinese manufacturers to get into the consumer market. And we can stick 2 fingers up at Micron and the others.

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I'm still bitter that Epic abandoned this series, but I'm glad these games wont disappear into the void forever.

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Logitech is still fine but I miss my MX500..

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Wonder how they'll handle cd keys, because afaik it is needed to play online.

Other than that detail, this is amazing news!

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Hopefully mods will still work. I want to play ChaosUT2 again.

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Right now I'm using a Corsair Ironclaw (you need to plug it in to Micro-USB to change/deactivate the LEDs, but it comes with its own 2.4Ghz Wireless USB or can do BT); medium happy with it. I already have a Keychron M3 on standby which will probably replace it.

Keyboard I use a Keychron K10 Pro, which is niiice. Has USB-C and BT. I replaced my aging Turtle Beach 100 with it, which isn't available anymore, and which only had USB-A.

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