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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 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

Tales of the Shire and Sweet Baby Inc Fails
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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 […]

Ayefkay August 9, 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

Game Over Kotaku Sold to the Swiss Dungeon
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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, […]

Ayefkay July 3, 2025

SEGA Leaks Secret Sales Spreadsheet Numbers
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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 […]

Ayefkay June 22, 2025

Best Video Game Dads of All Time
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The Best Video Game Dads of All Time | Ode to Father’s Day

Not All Father's Day Heroes Wear Capes Fatherhood in video games is usually either absent, traumatic, or deeply cursed. But every now and then, a digital dad rolls a nat 20 on emotional resilience and shows us what it really means to put family first (even if that family is an army of Koopalings or a mutated baby daughter). This list isn’t about the strongest, coolest, or most meme-worthy dads (though some do check all those boxes). These are the ones who put their families first, made the hard choices, and sometimes *gasp* even learned to love. Here’s our definitive ranking of the best dads in gaming, judged on emotional strength, selflessness, chaotic parenting energy, and the ability to throw hands when needed. What Makes a Video Game Dad Actually Good? "Good" is subjective, but it's my damn list so I'll […]

Ayefkay June 15, 2025

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