Fresh out of the oven!. There’s an entire world of unlicensed Gundam games that have stayed exclusive to Japan. A whole treasure trove waiting for those willing to give it a shot.

There is a major silver lining in this, however. The tactics and scale may be "new," but this is familiar terrain. Yesteryear's gamers survived the moral guardians and political opportunists of their time. If they didn't budge, why not us? Why should WE say "it's all over"?

RT @gbamfs: Ofcom, the British regulatory body charged with enforcing the Online Safety Act (IRL IDs now needed for almost every website ac….

RT @silverheatherr: Phone call

RT @YakatuSai: #仮面アメリカ #ビッキー #バーミリオン #仮面テラ. なぜだろう？バーミリオン・マスカレードが描きやすい!?

Morality aside, there's also the other elephant in the room: namely how those trying to ban porn more often than not do so because of projection. To cover up their skeletons while flexing power over everyone else. (Screenshots courtesy of @Tim_at_where)

If anything, trying to seriously ban porn is far more likely to enable black markets and organized crime. While denying sex workers and victims of the inevitable trafficking any protections due to social stigma. Such details, of course are never discussed by the anti-porn lot.

History has also shown that trying to repress society in an attempt to ban porn never goes as intended. The Victorian Age, for all its prim-and-proper stereotyping, was infamous for such vocal propriety PRECISELY because of how sleazy things were behind the scenes.

RT @Arin_Yumi: Hiroshima Station opened its new tram terminal today and among the first to use it was the famous "Atomic Bomb Train," a str….

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RT @Kazami_Ryoma: 今日も一日お疲れさまでした！.#ダーティペア #ケイ #ユリ #ムギ

There's a reason "Think of the Children" is such a persistent tactic. And why some Rightoid prigs do everything they can to retcon the past to make it seem like it's TOTALLY "for the children."

RT @JeanGen09181213: Depends on the anime. Edward Elric isn't Asian, he's Amestrian, a fictional place based on Real World England and Germ….

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RT @macchiMC72: AFEEから主要なプラットフォームでの最近のゲームの検閲とリストからの削除に対処する公式の英語声明。この動きは現在海外のファンにも広がりつつあるので、力を合わせて「おおさわぎ」にして圧力をかけていきたい。.

Also judging from an earlier article from Gamespark, it seems like they also shared Valve's statements to PC Gamer and Kotaku to Japanese audiences.

RT @WeLoveColdWar: Meet NORAD-chan! She'll only talk to you if you can beat her in DEFCON

RT @nicojian: COLD WAR!! - Welcome to the C.I.A.

RT @prestonjbyrne: The UK is finally starting to figure out why the First Amendment exists. They’ll have their own version of it by 2030….

This in itself isn't technically a brand-new problem. Previously the likes of NCOSE and even Collective Shout had tried pressuring Steam into censorship with mixed results. It was only when CS pivoted towards payment processors that they found a vector.

TLDR Japanese games outlet Gamespark contacted Valve directly. They're directly approaching affected developers and issuing app credits to help them. At the same time, it notes how Steam's pre-screening process is getting stricter every year, while outside censorship persists.