Since the article doesn’t seem to actually link to the game, it’s here: https://dreadxp.com/vile-is-banned/.
Steam Banned A Horror Game Before It Could Launch, So Now It’s Free
Submitted 10 months ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/vile-exhumed-horror-game-banned-steam-free
Comments
misericordiae@literature.cafe 10 months ago
Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 10 months ago
I mean, the article embeds a video plastered with "VILEISBANNED.COM" in warning tape–style text.
nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
[deleted]ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 10 months ago
The dev’s name is Cara Cadaver. Can’t get any better of a name for a horror game dev.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well guess better go get this game. How can I support them financially?
MoreZombies@aussie.zone 10 months ago
It says on the article and the website they accept donations :)
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah found it downloading game now, also made a donation.
biotin7@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
We need another Steam Alternative & this time it needs to be FOSS
devilish666@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s called github and gitlab
naeap@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Codeberg
Fuck github - since Microsoft bought it
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 10 months ago
Not sure how I feel about using the internet archive to download the game
crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
What’s wrong with using the internet archive?
Scio@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Noting wrong with the IA whatsoever. But given how harshly they’ve been treated by basically every government and corporate interest groups they’ve been forced to contend with foot the last few years, and the regular DDOSes, I personally always feel guilty downloading things from them and spending more of their resources on “relatively frivolous” things.
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It paints a target on IA as a piracy distro while it’s plainly not. IA is not in the piracy game but using it to distribute questionable content con as tarot raises flags elsewhere.
kosanovskiy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bro that website on mobile is vile. Shit has auto play non closable ads.
weremacaque@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Is it similar to Her Story?
atticus88th@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I used my Mastercard to donate to the dev. Eat shit credit card companies.
AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 10 months ago
WaitThisIsntReddit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Interesting point but… what else can we do? Mail the dev cash? PayPal direct from bank? CRYPTO. I completely forgot about crypto because of all the shady bullshit. But we buy crypto with… Mastercard. Shit.
Pavidus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The flip side of this coin is, we also get what we want. Devs get paid, and we get games.
I’m not saying it’s ideal, and I understand your point…but it’s better than not paying. This is just a typical transaction with extra steps.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Good job paying Mastercard with your rebellion dollars.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Me too fuck them. Maybe we can make this a trend start selling games direct and stop using Steam and Epic etc platforms. Do it how they did back during the old days as shareware.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 months ago
MasterCard would allow this!?! Wow, this reflects so badly upon them!