As someone who's become jaded from over a decade of half-baked gestures and backhanded acknowledgements (intentional or not), Ubisoft are, for once, doing more than the bare minimum with Rayman regarding this remake.
I'm actually cautiously looking forward to Rayman Legends Retold.
This is gonna be the CTR: Nitro Fueled of remakes in the sense that it has plenty of extra stuff going on, that it more than justifies it's existence and isn't out to replace the original game.
My one hope is that this is the beginning of a brand new Rayman renaissance that lasts more than two commercial flops this time.
Welcome back David Gasman as Rayman and Billy West as Murphy btw. :V
Personally, I'm way too tired and mellowed out at my mid 30s age, and life is too short to be complaining and losing sleep over the photorealistic art direction of Rayman Legends Retold.
That being said, I hope Ubisoft take note of the negative reception toward it, and NOT make it the main art direction for the franchise going forward.
For now, it's fine as an experimental thing in regards to exploring what works and what doesn't for the jumping off point for this supposed renaissance of the franchise, but it doesn't belong in an inherently cartoony and whimsical world as Rayman's.
As someone who's become jaded from over a decade of half-baked gestures and backhanded acknowledgements (intentional or not), Ubisoft are, for once, doing more than the bare minimum with Rayman regarding this remake.
I'm actually cautiously looking forward to Rayman Legends Retold.
This is gonna be the CTR: Nitro Fueled of remakes in the sense that it has plenty of extra stuff going on, that it more than justifies it's existence and isn't out to replace the original game.
My one hope is that this is the beginning of a brand new Rayman renaissance that lasts more than two commercial flops this time.
Welcome back David Gasman as Rayman and Billy West as Murphy btw. :V
(Yeah I know I'm posting this one at the 11th Hour of the 12 Day of Christmas, but I also posted this much, much earlier on my Bluesky account so HAH!)
Back again after a year of absence from this site to provide you another Festive piece to see off 2025 ft. my OC Hubie Moonhare as Santa and Elton John from the hit video game universe of @mr-freaks.itch.io!
I actually have more art I've made from the previous year that I neglected to post here that I will share soon as a look back at what I've made in my off time. For now, nothing to me encapsulate's the feeling of making it to a brand new year quite like this classical piece of music!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2026!!!
⊘Anti-Censorship Campaign ⊘ ⟡ Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about
not sure if this resource is circulating tumblr yet-- @/voiddebris on bluesky created this easy-to-share resource to help people making calls and sending emails to mastercard, visa, etc. let's put pressure on these megacorporations, one call at a time!
Steam, Itch.io and the banning of explicit and LGBT+ Content. What can we do?
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With no warning, Itch.io, a site where many host their indie games, comics, books and more, has started purging and shadowbanning explicit and LGBT+ works. Creators got no warning. And if they were still owed payouts from these works, Itch.io is saying they won't give them their money as they 'broke the rules'. Rules that were only just set in place, with no warning, and therefore no way for creators to try and draw out their money or delete these 'offending' works before they got banned under the new rules.
So Itch.io has been the most recent to fall to the demands of a group that's been contacting Visa and Mastercard and convincing them to threaten sites/businesses with 'stop selling what we consider to be explicit content on your sites of we'll stop allowing your site to have transactions with Visa and Mastercard'. Steam folded, and now Itchio has too. And a reminder earlier this year Gumroad also stopped allowing explicit content, further back than that Patreon banned some kinks and fetishes even if it's depicted in fiction not real life, and I don't have to explain to you guys the great Tumblr explicit content ban of 2018.
And as always remember this doesn't stop with sexually explicit work as LGBT+ stories and people are often labelled as explicit and already we're seeing works being taken off Itch.io that are about LGBT+ and especially trans stories. Other non-sexually explicit works I've seen already getting shadowbanned, delisted or deleted are SFW games featuring furries/anthros, SFW dress up games (because when you take the clothes the model is nude), and the aforementioned SFW games that include LGBT+ characters and stories.
I'm compiling here information I've seen around various social medias, mostly Bluesky, because I haven't seen all these things shared over here.
I don't personally have explicit content on itch, but I had been considering one day selling things on there and I do currently have explicit content on my Patreon, my main source of income, and am terrified that Patreon is going to fold next (if anyone knows alterative for hosting audio content behind a paid subscription service please let me know so I can start maybe making a back-up in case the worst happens). Because for me personally if Patreon goes next, it's not like I can go out and easily get another job. Not only because in general finding and getting a job is difficult enough, but I'm autistic and have chronic pain and have been constantly getting sick or new pains over the last few years and don't feel safe being trans in the UK right now and all of that combined rules me out of a lot of jobs and makes me feel unsafe to apply to any. I'm so grateful I've been able to make a community around my work, but if Patreon caves next and I just leave my SFW posts on Patreon... 10% of my Patreons are signed up to the SFW tier, 90% are signed up to the explicit tier... I know if Patreon caves I will go from someone living comfortably who's searching to move out of my parents so I can live in a safer environment to someone who can no longer even afford the rent I pay to my parents. I'll try and get an alterative found and set up in case that happens and I can only hope you guys will follow me to whatever other site I have to set up... but it feels unlikely that people will get a whole new account on a whole new payment provider just to support me on a website they might never have heard of...
But what can we do right now?
A petition you can sign (international but you do have to give your name, email, and postal/zip code):
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It mu
Get calling:
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
MasterCard (UK): 0800 964 767
Mastercard (International.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 / 1-800-VISA-911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
Visa (UK) : 0800 891 725 or use their international call collect +1 303 967 1096
Visa (International): (call collect - it costs them $): +1-303-967-1096
PayPal (US): 1-888-221-1161
PayPal (UK): 0800 358 7911 from landline, +44 203 901 7000 mobile
PayPal (International): 1-402-935-2050
(numbers gathered from these posts X X X )
Don't know what to say on the phone? Here's a script written by timidtanuki:
Creators have had their work removed off Itch.io with no warning and since it's been removed for 'breaking the rules' (rules that were suddenly in place with no warning) they aren't entitled to get their payouts. Just like other sites such as Youtube and Twitch and Etsy, Itch.io hold onto money from their users in a wallet and then give them payouts. So there is money creators have made, are owed, that Itch.io is not giving to them.
People are recommending that if you still have works on Itch.io to turn down the revenue sharing to 0% so that Itch.io no longer takes a cut or your money if you no longer want to support Itchi.io finically but don't want to remove your works from their platform. X
Other Bluesky posts and calls to action I've seen:
radiantg.bsky.social is asking for anyone on Itch.io who got their game deindexed, removed , or payouts turned off to reach out to them (espeically if you make explicit and/or LGBT+ games) for a piece of journalism about what is happening.
sleepyhart.bsky.social is making a thread of all the games that Itch.io has censored/removed from their site search function. Obviously be aware this will include 18+ only games, games with sexual content and other dark or heavy themes.
thetransfemininereview.com wants you to reach out to them if you're a trans creator on Itch.io who is being affected by this so they can make an accurate report. they say 'authors' in their post and I'm unsure if they also want game devs to reach out.
dropdownbear.bsky.com wants you to reach out if you have purchased things on Itch.io that you can now no longer access because of this ban. they can include them in a report being filed with the Australian Consumer Commission as this may be a violation of Australian Consumer rights. If you are Australian you can no longer access things you purchased of Itch.io you can report directly with this guide.
It's a scary time for adult creators and sex workers. It's a scary time to be trans. Support creators. And if anyone knows of any alternate payment providers that allow explicit work, and/or alternate websites to Itch (and in case things get worse, also give me Patreon alternates please) where people can host, sell and/or offer paid subscriptions to writing, images, videos, audios, games and more please leave them in the replies. And please help share this post, the posts I'm linking too, and any other resources you can find.
Hey so about the steam/itch payment processor censorship that's been going on.
Apparently the pressure group Collective Shout, the same ones that pretend to care about the safety of women and children, all while defending child-diddlers in their own ranks, only needed to make 1000 phonecalls to convince visa/mastercard to go after these platforms.
>>>We have a chance to do the funniest shit right now if we are persistant and coordinate<<<
There's prescripts and more people can use in the thread, or you can make one yourself for others to use.
As an aside, if you sell any adult content, I strongly suggest you identify as a merchant rather than just a card holder. While those of us who consume have some say, those who sell and make money through these companies have considerably more leverage with this issue. Use that to your advantage.
Big mistake looking up DKB stuff on here for cool fanart, assuming people on here would practice good spoiler warning etiquette, on top of me having a good extention that blacklists tags.
Got hit with a big spoiler anyway.
I didn't see anything further than one image thankfully but still, spoiler warning below do not click "read more."
I mean really big fucking deal that King K. Rool is back in a mainline Donkey Kong game for the first time in god knows how many years, but still... I wanted that to be a surprise that paid off after all the speculation and theorizing of his presence. -_________________-
So. Adi Shankar got his grubby paws on Duke Nukem:
My sincerest apologies and condolences, a Devil May Cry fan. I'm not the biggest Nukem fan, more of a Doom guy for my boom shoots, but I know you guys have had it extremely rough since Forever. I just know also Greasy fucking 80 dollar Randy is somewhere behind this too. Duke keeps getting screwed over man.
I am going to kill Adi Shankar, and then Randell S. Pitchford, before they undo whatever progress Duke's image has made in over a decade recovering since the sordid release that is DNF2011.
The Transformers fandom has finally been given an update on the status of Transformers One, and not the kind it was hoping for:
Josh Cooley confirmed that Paramount has no plans to continue forward with a sequel to the 2024 movie at this time.
This can be blamed on:
the movie’s underperformance at the box office,
Hasbro deciding to no longer fund movies,
Paramount’s upcoming merger with Skydance,
The shift of priorities regarding animated movies.
I know how this looks, everyone, so I’ve compiled a list of facts and speculation to clear up any confusion before someone gets hurt:
Josh said no sequel is CURRENTLY being planned.
The entire trilogy for all three movies has already been mapped out by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and he’s still very hopeful it will happen one day. And when I say mapped out, I mean extensively, beginning middle and end. If Skydance likes it, they could very well greenlight it. It would also lower the risk when/if Paramount decides to revisit it.
The cast WANTS to come back for it.
The movie is actually performing better on streaming AND internationally than it did in just the American box office. This is what the executives are actually paying attention to.
If there’s no hiccups with the Skydance merger, this could mean animation veterans mixed with new animators. Skydance’s animation style fits perfectly with the animation style of Transformers One.
Hasbro does not own the film rights to Transformers. Paramount does. If anything, Hasbro pulling back from film funding means Paramount has MORE room to make creative decisions and listen to the audiences instead of watching the schedule for toy releases.
We are not alone in this.
You may not see it loudly, but many in the fandom DO love this movie, and ARE just as angry it flopped and ARE organizing campaigns to prove it.
FUCK you Randell S. Pitchford I am not paying eighty dollar for your shitty back-&-forth wooden popgun collect-and-sell simulator with a story you already butchered back in BL3.
Hey so I'm coming out of my hole to say even if this has a low chance of passing, you fine folks have a moral obligation to call your reps, demand they vote "no", and then spread this as wildly as possible so this shit gets nipped in the bud.
So here's the fucked part of this bill; It's written so vaguely in such a way it can be used to define anything the sitting gov doesn't like as """obscene""". From video games, streaming services, The Internet Archive, representation of marginalized people, the boom of independent animation, to whatever.
This crusade to hyper-sanitize the internet was never going to stop at gumroad, tumblr or backpage, and it most certainly won't stop at online pornography.
