Tales of the Shire and Sweet Baby Inc Fails
trending_flat
Tales of the Shire and 9 Other Sweet Baby Inc. Flops to Avoid

Tales of the Shire Trips Over Its Own Hairy Feet and 9 Other Sweet Baby Inc. Flops If you’ve been anywhere near gaming news this week, you’ve probably heard the soft thud of Tales of the Shire hitting the market - and then promptly falling into the compost heap behind Mordor. What was supposed to be a cozy, heartwarming Hobbit life sim has turned into yet another cautionary tale in the saga of Sweet Baby Inc. (SBI) involvement in modern gaming. PSA Reminder: Sweet Baby Inc. For the uninitiated, Sweet Baby Inc. is a Canadian "narrative consultancy" led by Kim Belair that claims to want to help studios tell better stories through inorganic heaps of diversity, equity, and inclusion...hard pass. But to gamers who haven't been sipping on the leftist propaganda Kool-Aid, their influence has become a scarlet letter: you […]

Hasan Piker Music Video Communist in a Gucci Bag
trending_flat
Communist in a Gucci Bag | Hasan Piker Music Video

Communist in a Gucci Bag Music Video Roast Track Within 30 minutes of dropping this masterpiece on YouTube, it was flagged and taken down for allegedly violating the “Violent Criminal Organizations” policy - which, while kind of insulting, is also objectively hilarious. Apparently, dropping some AI bars about hypocrisy hits harder than we thought. The appeal was successful (because duh), and now the video lives on to mock another day. “Communist in a Gucci Bag” is a no-holds-barred roast of Twitch's favorite champagne socialist, Hasan Piker, a man who preaches class struggle from the comfort of a multi-million-dollar LA mansion while rocking designer drip and throwing tantrums when you question the grindset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA1R53s9wCI Video: He's a Communist in a Gucci Bag | Hasan Piker" | ReportAFK The inspiration is Hasan’s weirdly obsessive non-response to Nuxanor - badass Vtuber he refused to […]

Mortal Kombat 2 Dead on Arrival Woke Trash
trending_flat
Mortal Kombat 2 Is Doomed: How Wokeness Killed the Franchise

Once upon a time (not that long ago), Mortal Kombat 1 (2023) looked like it had a chance to reinvent the franchise in all the right ways. A full reboot. A clean slate. A chance to create a new golden age of fighting games that could compete with Street Fighter, Tekken, and whatever else the FGC is clinging to. But what did we get instead? A fatality...and not the fun kind. Image: NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros Nuking the Fun out of Mortal Kombat | ReportAFK A franchise face-plant into a pit of DEI checklists, sterilized character designs, and creatively bankrupt “reimaginings.” And now, with Mortal Kombat 2 looming on the horizon, it’s looking less like a triumphant sequel and more like a bloated corpse twitching on the mat. Still twitching, sure...but stone cold dead all the same. Did Sweet Baby […]

Let's Up Those Numbers Ludwig Turns to Jellywig
trending_flat
Let’s Up Those Numbers! | A Music Video for Ludwig’s L’s

There’s a fine line between being a people pleaser and being a spineless jellyfish and Ludwig “Jellywig” Ahgren has apparently decided to do a swan dive straight into the latter. For a guy who built his empire on bold moves and "creator-first content", Ludwig has developed a serious allergy to taking real stances. He never wants to offend, and always plays it safe unless the court of public opinion already ruled for him. So, why are people dragging Ludwig harder than Hasan drags down America? Let’s break it down with three choice Jellywig L’s that make the nickname hit harder than his milk toast responses. “Let’s Up Those Numbers!” - Beerio Kart 2025 Let’s start with the event that inspired our new banger: “Let’s Up Those Numbers! – Ode to Jellywig”, for no other reason besides the fact that I think […]

Subnautica 2 Delayed Bonus Sabatoged and Woke DEI Slop
trending_flat
Subnautica 2 Delay: Allegations of Bonus Sabotage and Woke Slop

Ah, corporate gaming. Where the graphics are real, but the loyalty is procedurally generated.Subnautica 2 has officially been delayed until 2026. Sure, game delays happen. But this one reeks of something far fishier than the leviathans. Reports suggest the sudden year-long pushback might just coincidentally align with a conveniently impossible-to-get-now $250 million bonus payout promised to developers. That milestone was allegedly within reach for 2025, right before Krafton tossed the studio’s founding leadership overboard.Funny how that works, right? From “Ready for Early Access” to “Oops, Maybe Next Year” Let’s set the stage:Just days before being shown the corporate door, Unknown Worlds co-founder Charlie Cleveland was confidently posting that Subnautica 2 was ready for Early Access back in July 2025. You know, the date they’d been building toward for years? That confidence didn’t age well.We know that the game is ready for early access […]

Reddit's War on Free Speech Bans Bias and Silencing Users
trending_flat
Reddit’s War on Free Speech: Bans, Bias, and Silencing Users

Reddit’s Woke Mod Problem Is Killing the Platform Reddit used to be the “front page of the internet.” A glorious hub of memes, mods, and mayhem. A place where free speech (and let’s be honest, a lot of stupid comments) could thrive. But lately? It’s looking more like the gated community from Get Out, complete with ideological HOA Karens slapping bans on anyone who so much as blinks in the wrong subreddit. Let’s be real. Reddit moderation has always been a bit of a mess. But the political and ideological rot is now in full bloom, and the problem isn’t just annoying anymore. It’s actively destroying discussion, chasing away logic, and turning what were once lively gaming hubs into echo chambers policed by activist mods with God complexes. Banned for Breathing: Reddit’s Guilt by Association You might think getting banned […]

Stop Killing Games You Paid For Games and They Don't Care
trending_flat
Stop Killing Games: You Paid for It, But Publishers Don’t Care

How the Industry Keeps Killing Our Favorite Games Remember when buying a game meant owning it? Yeah, I barely do either. Welcome to gaming in 2025, where publishers shut down games you paid for, delete them from your library, and brick your systems if you look at them funny. If that sounds dystopian, congratulations: you’re still capable of independent thought. This is why the Stop Killing Games movement exists. It’s not just a slogan; it’s pushback from gamers who are sick of watching digital purchases vanish like they were never real. You Bought Their Game, They Killed It Let’s start with Ubisoft’s The Crew. Not only did they kill the servers, they made the game completely unplayable (yes, even in single-player). And as a bonus, they wiped it from digital libraries. And if you paid for it? Congrats on owning […]

Game Over Kotaku Sold to the Swiss Dungeon
trending_flat
Game Over, Kotaku: Sold Off and Sent to the Swiss Dungeon

Kotaku’s Funeral: Sponsored by Keleops and Woke Fatigue Well folks, it finally happened. Kotaku, once upon a time a halfway-decent gaming site and now a walking Twitter thread of regret, has been sold off by G/O Media to *checks notes* a random Swiss media group named Keleops. Sounds like a Final Fantasy boss or maybe a new pharmaceutical that treats online addiction with ironic detachment and funsies? Image: Emerald Keleops lol | Final Fantasy 7 | Square Enix | ReportAFK The sale is being spun as a positive by a few former staffers who apparently think giving a legacy brand CPR in a European basement is a win. But let’s be real: this was a mercy kill. G/O Media didn’t pass on Kotaku as some holy torch...they chucked it into a ravine and hoped nobody noticed the smoke. The Long, […]

SEGA Leaks Secret Sales Spreadsheet Numbers
trending_flat
SEGA Leaks Secret Spreadsheet: Winners, Losers, and WTFs

SEGA Leaks: What it Reveals About the Company’s Future It’s not every day a billion-dollar company lets their Excel sins hit the internet. But SEGA apparently clicked the wrong export settings or something and accidentally gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the raw sales numbers for some of their biggest franchises. This wasn’t some tweet teaser or vague PR brag: this was an honest-to-goodness spreadsheet (unsurprisingly now removed) that showed just how well titles like Persona 5 Royal, Sonic Frontiers, and Yakuza: Like a Dragon are doing. And let’s just say: Persona 5 is still eating. Hard. We’ve got the juicy numbers, the hotter-than-hot takes, and what it all might mean for SEGA’s future (and yours, if you’re waiting on Persona 6). Buckle in, because we’re cracking this leak wide open. The Accidental Flex: What SEGA Leaked In a recent investor-facing […]

Helldivers 2 Update June
trending_flat
Helldivers 2 Update Is Solid: The Real Fix Was Muzzling the CMs

It’s been almost a full year since I last touched Helldivers 2. Not because I rage-quit after getting pancaked by my own Eagle 500, but because the game became a political dumpster fire last summer. And honestly? No amount of orbital strikes could clean up the mess left behind by activist Community Managers, overreaching moderation, and a dev team caught between alien factions and real-world identity wars. But here we are - Patch 01.003.101 dropped, and I’m starting to feel something I haven’t felt in a long time: hope. Maybe...just maybe...it’s time to gear up again. Let’s break it all down. Update Patch 01.003.101 - Gameplay First, Finally Arrowhead’s latest patch for Helldivers 2 dropped on June 10, 2025, and while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it’s got enough tweaks and fixes to warrant a look. Let's take a look at some […]

About Report AFK

A place for gamers, by gamers, untarnished by corporate gaming media and their nonstop attempts to elevate bad games while denouncing any developers brave enough to stand up to them. 

Login to enjoy everything in ReportAFK.com!

Login to continue.

Go Premium!

Enjoy the full advantage of the premium access.

Login

Stop following

Unfollow Cancel

Cancel subscription

Are you sure you want to cancel your subscription? You will lose your Premium access and stored playlists.

Go back Confirm cancellation