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[–] 56 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Link to the game is kinda hidden in the article: https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/.

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  • [+] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How do you like the game so far?

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  • [+] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    I goofed around with it but realized I didn't actually want to do it in one sitting. I'm going to use a notepad and make notes as if I'm actually investigating this guy's computer. The fact it doesn't save progress does make it seem more like an investigation.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago

    The dev's name is Cara Cadaver. Can't get any better of a name for a horror game dev.

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I used my Mastercard to donate to the dev. Eat shit credit card companies.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Interesting point but... what else can we do? Mail the dev cash? PayPal direct from bank? CRYPTO. I completely forgot about crypto because of all the shady bullshit. But we buy crypto with... Mastercard. Shit.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I mean a reasonable solution would be to just move to a different bank that provides Visa instead of MasterCard

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The flip side of this coin is, we also get what we want. Devs get paid, and we get games.

    I'm not saying it's ideal, and I understand your point....but it's better than not paying. This is just a typical transaction with extra steps.

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well guess better go get this game. How can I support them financially?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    We need another Steam Alternative & this time it needs to be FOSS

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's called github and gitlab

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Bro that website on mobile is vile. Shit has auto play non closable ads.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Is it similar to Her Story?

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Not sure how I feel about the dev using the internet archive to distribute the game.

    By the way, who put it in the "Community software" collection? The game is not open source.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What's wrong with using the internet archive?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Noting wrong with the IA whatsoever. But given how harshly they've been treated by basically every government and corporate interest groups they've been forced to contend with foot the last few years, and the regular DDOSes, I personally always feel guilty downloading things from them and spending more of their resources on "relatively frivolous" things.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It paints a target on IA as a piracy distro while it’s plainly not. IA is not in the piracy game but using it to distribute questionable content can raise flags elsewhere.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    various developers have either offered free versions of their games or moved to selling them directly from their own websites while they remain delisted elsewhere.

    I wonder if there's some way to aggregate or maintain an index of these

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    We could offer easy remote play and gentle drm to woo developers to it. Perhaps we could even be the payment processor to make it convenient for everyone, almost like a virtual game store

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    [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    i had decided i was going to only buy PC games from GOG for reasons, but now I feel like i actually have valid reasons instead of emotional ones.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I Like GOG But i find Steam its Easier to buy games(you can find giftcards).I perfer to buy all my games from one place and i like their client more(like the built in web browser,Chatting and groups features,Communities,etc)
    the only think i dont like about Steam client really is its UI and UX and its a memory hog thanks to CEF
    What i like about GOG you dont need its client or any client open while in game(like you can choose a client that is written in GTK),you actually own the game and DRM-FREE.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

    Steam's moderation just hit oppressive levels, and its staff banning/removing submissions that don't break guidelines while lying about the reason is Reddit-level. Please Steam, you can stop being cunts. You can return from this.

    Direct link to VILE homepage

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    You... do know that Steam isn't the issue here, right? It's Visa and Mastercard that are being cunts

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That's just for this issue right now in particular but they've had instances where supposedly an overzealous employee was going around banning anime-like games a few years back with no explanation.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Well yes, and Steam is continuing to censor and damage its reputation as the best gamer's market, as a conduit of free expression. It's possible they are continuously pressured and were told to remove this, but they can also say no. Valve can have moral standards, and they can prove they're not part of the problem by being transparent and ensuring that they do not help usher in a terrible, oppressive future.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    i mean, yes, but how far is just valve overreacting? i am usually cool with valve but i don’t worship them or anything

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It's not overreacting. Valve has to guess what Mastercard finds objectionable and what not. Guess wrong, and Mastercard could ban them.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    MasterCard probably makes too much money from Steam to permanently ban them.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Maybe, but would you risk it? Also, there's a payment processor in between. Like Valve, the payment processor needs to guess what Mastercard finds objectionable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Honestly, yes. If they're having to guess what is or isn't allowed, it's only a matter of time until it actually happens.

    And sure, having a Visa influences my stance on what Valve should do! Haha

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Look, I get it. I really do. But that doesn't excuse them lying about it.

    Edit: Did y'all not read the article?

    According to developer Cara Cadaver, Steam pulled the game for “sexual content with depictions of real people,” which the game does not contain.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    ... What is steam lying about?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are you serious?

    According to developer Cara Cadaver, Steam pulled the game for “sexual content with depictions of real people,” which the game does not contain.

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  • Does not necessarily follow that they're lying. It sounds like there's some kind of NSFW content, and FMV is mentioned. As we've noted over and over by now, one person's NSFW is another person's art. The problem is that Steam is being forced to make these decisions when they shouldn't have to.

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