'Valve isn't interested in a nuanced conversation' says indie dev suffering from Steam censorship
Indie creator Robert Yang—who makes good, funny, incandescently homosexual videogames—has an ongoing project. Radiator Forever is a free megabundle/remaster of Yang's experimental, short-form games that includes titles like Hurt Me Plenty (description: "consent, negotiation, spanking, and aftercare"), Succulent ("juicy cheek physics and demonic possession") and Stick Shift ("autoerotic night-driving, manually pleasure a gay car").
I'm sure we both agree that this news piece would have been worth writing just to get a chance to tap out "manually pleasure a gay car," but there's more: in a recent blog post on the experience of putting together Radiator Forever, Yang shone some light on the ongoing fallout from last year's purge of "adult" material from storefronts like Steam and Itch.io, for which right-wing anti-porn group Collective Shout claimed credit after putting pressure on payment processors, as well as on the impact of regional censorship laws like the UK Online Safety Act.
Pokémon Go's 10th anniversary Mewtwo stunt was stellar, but fans are furious
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Published Jul 10, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT
An exclusive legendary with perfect stats has left average fans feeling left out
Pokémon Go's big 10th anniversary Times Square stunt was stellar, but fans are still furious
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It's Pokémon Go's 10th anniversary, and you can't celebrate nearly achieving world peace quietly. Indeed, the kickoff to the milestone was, by all accounts, spectacular. Still, many Pokémon fans have been left with a sour taste in their mouths.
Why a 45-Second Sniper Mission Remains One of the Most Important Moments in Gaming History
Few missions in GTA’s history would make such a big and noticeable change to the geography of the host city as Bomb Da Base Act II, which goes some way to explaining why all 45 seconds of this short, sharp, Tin Can Alley sniper mission remains so memorable.
By today’s standards it’s extraordinarily simple: in a world where there are entire games built around the sophisticated premise of telescopic sharpshooting, GTA 3’s 45-second dalliance with the idea hardly seems like anything to write home about. But make no mistake: with GTA 3, Rockstar invented the modern video game, and with Bomb da Base Act II, GTA reinvented itself.