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Why Game Rant Tried to Rewrite Hogwarts Legacy Boycott History
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Why Game Rant Tried to Rewrite the “Boycott” of Hogwarts Legacy

Game Rant’s Hogwarts Legacy 2 Take Got Ratioed Game Rant decided to light itself on fire this week after posting on Twitter, the post getting immediately bodied with a Community Note correcting it: If Hogwarts Legacy 2 wants to avoid the same boycotts its predecessor faced, the sequel cannot take the same approach that the original did. https://t.co/LJIMjUHhW8 pic.twitter.com/Wf1PTKreNa— Game Rant (@GameRant) October 12, 2025 In other words, the so-called “boycott” Game Rant referenced was about as effective as trying to cancel oxygen. Hogwarts Legacy wasn’t just successful - it dominated, becoming the best-selling game of 2023 worldwide and one of the biggest single-player launches in gaming history.Even hilariously eliciting a Hogwarts Legacy fluff piece from Game Rant themselves at the time! So why is a major gaming publication trying to actively rewrite history? The answer’s actually pretty simple. It’s the same reason when […]

Ayefkay October 15, 2025

A Game Journalist's Pre-Publish Checklist
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A Game Journalist’s Checklist Before Crying About Difficulty Online

Your Easy Guide for Not Embarrassing Yourself Online So, you’ve died a few dozen times in Hollow Knight: Silksong or just lost another ranked match in Marvel Rivals. Instead of blaming your own thumbs, you’ve decided the entire game is just broken, the difficulty is outdated, and the devs should need to make games easier. But before you rush to file another 1,200-word “Why Boss Fights Hurt My Fee Fees” article, let’s pause for a quick moment of self-reflection. Welcome to the Game Journalist’s Checklist!  Feeling particularly altruistic, I've went the extra mile to help the modern games journalist with 10 handy questions you should ask yourself before embarrassing your chosen profession on Twitter. (Yes, today we’re talking to the "Alyssa Walkers" of gaming. Grab a notebook, because class is in session!) 1. Have you tried not button mashing and actually […]

Ayefkay October 8, 2025

What Does Gaming and Internews USAIDS Have in Common?
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Wings, Landfall, SBI, and the UN: Games Meet Global Influence

Alright, buckle up. This one’s a wild ride through indie games, global institutions, and some seriously eyebrow-raising overlaps. If you’ve been following Gothic Therapy on YouTube, you already know the scoop: Take Us North (the "empathetic", socially conscious game about migration) wasn’t always just Take Us North.While being showcased at the United Nations, it went by the codename American Dream. And yeah, that little detail suddenly makes the web of connections around this game look a lot messier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5se6mRtHWTsVideo: Take Us North Exposed! Sweet Baby Inc, Wings & The United Nations! | Gothic Therapy The Indie Puzzle: SBI, Wings Interactive & Landfall Games Here’s what’s already out there: Sweet Baby Inc., Wings Interactive, and Landfall Games are entangled in a crazy network that’s as cozy as a family reunion. Here’s the funderful breakdown for anyone not familiar with the landscape:Landfall Games – […]

Ayefkay August 26, 2025

Alyssa Mercante Put the Fries in the Bag Video
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Put the Fries in the Bag – The Alyssa Mercante Song

More Satirical Funsies in the Form of a Music Video Well, it happened again - I got bored and a video got made. This time,  the spotlight’s on Alyssa Mercante - ex-Kotaku editor, professional victim, and now the star of my musical roast that nobody asked for (but I had way too much free time to make). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1U337S8CbI Video: Put the Fries in the Bag - The Alyssa Mercante Song | ReportAFK Following up my songs about Hasan and Ludwig (embedded below), I figured it was only fair Alyssa got her own theme music too. Edgy, satirical, and about as subtle as a drive-thru speaker at 2AM, this was pretty fun to make ngl. Chorus TL;DR: Put the fries in the bag Moral of the story: Don’t start drama if you can’t handle the receipts. If you like this kind […]

Ayefkay August 25, 2025

Alyssa Mercante Cope Olympics Bad at Gaming
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The Cope Olympics: Why Gaming Journos Can’t Admit They’re Mid

When I came across Alyssa Mercante’s recent article on Marvel Rivals at GameSpot, I honestly didn't know what I would be stepping into. I wasn't prepared to take the kamehama to the face in the form of roughly 1,100 words of pure and unadulterated cope.Her article, “Marvel Rivals Made Me Quit Competitive Gaming”, isn’t really about Marvel Rivals at all. It’s about how one failed ex-Kotaku editor decided that losses in a free-to-play competitive game weren’t her fault, but the system’s.This is the kind of mental gymnastics that has become invasive in modern gaming journalism. Rather than looking in the mirror and admitting, “hey, maybe I’m just mid,” writers like Alyssa weave elaborate narratives about toxic communities, unfair matchmaking, or oppressive design choices.But really, this is just the Dunning-Kruger Effect and self-serving bias dressed up as content. Dunning-Kruger and the Self-Serving […]

Ayefkay August 22, 2025

The Rise of Fear and Anime Activism
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Lost in Translation: The Rise of Using Fear and Anime Activism

Caution: Ideology Ahead! How Activists Have Invaded Your Anime You know what I want when I go looking up anime conventions? A list of dates, times, and maybe a map so I don’t end up in the wrong ballroom with a bunch of sweaty Pokémon card traders. You know what I don't want? A fear-mongering disclaimer straight out of a freshman sociology seminar warning me not to come to America because *gasp* the “current political climate” is just too scary! Liberal Activists Using Fear in Anime That’s exactly what greets you on certain convention-listing sites like AnimeCons and FanCons, which decided that before you even look up a schedule, you first need a lecture about how unsafe the U.S. is. Image: Anime Convention Sites Warn Against U.S. Travel | FanCons | AnimeCons Their disclaimer points readers to a MSN roundup of […]

Ayefkay August 20, 2025

The War on Online Privacy KOSA Kids Online Safety Act
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The War on Online Privacy: Act Now Before It’s Too Late

How Age Verification Is Eating the Internet Remember the internet before the ID checks, biometric scans, and "prove-you’re-over-18" pop-ups? Yeah, me neither. What used to be a place for memes, chaos, and unfiltered creativity is now fast turning into a high-tech playground where every click, every swipe, and every login is being watched, logged, and verified. And let’s be real: this isn’t just about “protecting kids” or “keeping content safe.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXoe6s4CF7A Video: The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is a Dumpster Fire | ChiefGYK3D This is a full-on land grab of our digital anonymity, packaged in a warm, emotional wrapper so convincing you won’t even notice until it’s too late. Safety Tech: The Internet’s New Bouncers Meet the new gatekeepers: companies like Yoti, Jumio, Veriff, Onfido, and Entrust. These are the digital bouncers of the internet, checking IDs, scanning faces, […]

Ayefkay August 17, 2025

Stop KOSA Kids Online Safety Act Internet Privacy
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The Kids Online Safety Act Is a Trojan Horse for Mass Surveillance

The War on Internet Privacy Disguised as “Protecting Kids” They’re at it again - like a bad sequel to a movie nobody asked for, the Kids Online Safety Act (S.1748) has clawed its way back into Congress. They’re calling it a “child safety” bill, but if you peek under the mask, it’s just another privacy-shredding, freedom-stomping piece of legislation that aims to turn the internet into a government-moderated daycare…for adults. So what is this legislative turd wrapped in a sparkly “think of the children” bow? Act 1: Same KOSA Script, New Fearmongering The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), introduced (again) by Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal, claims to shield children from “harmful content” online. Sounds noble, right? Who wouldn’t want to protect kids from the brain-melting horrors of TikTok rabbit holes and late-night Discord servers? But that’s just the bait. […]

Ayefkay July 28, 2025

Madam Savvy vs Collective Shout Censorship Hydra
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Collective Shout’s Censorship Crusade Against Gamers

There’s always gotta be a villain, huh?Once upon a time, it was Jack Thompson screaming about how Grand Theft Auto was going to turn us all into criminals. Then it was Tipper Gore slapping parental advisory stickers on everything. And now? Say hello to Collective Shout - Australia’s self-proclaimed moral watchdogs who have recently been attacking (and getting dunked on by) popular content creators online, pressured major credit card processors into cutting ties with game developers whose content doesn’t align with their "values."  Image: Madam Savvy Dancing on Collective Shout What’s happening now is the same ol’ slippery slope: a group of ideologues trying to decide what’s acceptable for everyone else, using scare tactics, social media outrage, and backdoor lobbying to quietly strangle creative expression in games and anime.Let’s be clear: nobody’s here to defend actual CSAM or illegal content and, yes, these […]

Ayefkay July 24, 2025

Stop Killing Games You Paid For Games and They Don't Care
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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 […]

Ayefkay July 5, 2025

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