Episode 18: Yard Goats to Throat GOATs

Rowan and Chase finally deliver a tight 60-minute podcast discussing itch.io's abrupt deindexing of explicit and games tagged as "NSFW" or "adult", among others, thanks to pressure from payment processors and right-wing citizen lobbyists from Australia. It's a strange and sad affair with ties to Steam, sex work, and the political wielded by corporations against individuals. The pair also wade into Hasbro's latest earnings call with investors, where Chase sees the IP-addled brainworms leading to some weird decisions regarding Magic: The Gathering's future. Rowan is deep into trick-taking and also antifascist sex robots. Chase is unpacking boxes. Both of them dip briefly into the Question Dungeon to answer a question about bioessentialist game mechanics with the caveat that they are both white. Grain of salt, please! -- Games we discuss: Inspirisles Magic: The Gathering Cat in the Box Mothership SUZi (by Sage The Anagogue) Vampire: the Masquerade -- Hosted by Chase Carter (@chasecarter.bsky.social). Featuring Lin Codega (@lincodega.com)‬. Theme song by People Need Goals. Cover art logo by Johan Nohr (@johannohr.bsky.social).