>Google has removed Doki Doki Literature Club from the Google Play Store due to its "depiction of sensitive themes".
vn is not game
>>736701536>Google Play StoreAnd?
>google playstop being poor
>googleI haven't use any of their products in 8 years
>>736701614Isn't DDLC literally free
>>736701564>>736701565>>736701614t. frogs in the boiling kettle
>buying AppleshitMutts are seething here.
>>736701536Suicide is a verboten topic now (unless you get government permission first - then it's stunning and brave and goodfeelhappyhappy).
>playing on a mobile operating system and device ain’t no one talking about apple, dayquan
>widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world, helping them feel heard, understood, and less alonewhat, since fucking when? the game is celebrated for its horror twist gimmick, and I think it was pretty well implemented too, when did the game become troon-adjacent?
>>736701536>DDLC is widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world?????????
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>>736701807Time is a flat circle
>>736701786sayori is just like me frfr
They still talk about the game to this day
>>736701872Mental illness
>>736701536> make video game with scenes depicting violent Gore and suicide> put game on platform where it says you're not allowed to depict the violent Gore and suicide> game gets removed> ahh help me hp lovecrafts cat aieeeeeeee
>>736701536What was their thought process on the decision of removing the game? Don't they make more money by having the game sell? Why?
>>736701536Conservatives need to be fucked by nigger dick.
>>736701872>>736701907they lost the old thread count when it was around 3,000 and had to restart
>>736701913They make a lot more money from the algorithm controlling the cattle
>>736701872No, they do not. "I want to be/fuck [girl]" is not talking about the game.>>736702006This has always been the dumbest fucking /vg/ legend. There are literally archives going back years. It's not possible "forget" what thread you're on.
>>736701536is it just because it depicts suicide? or is it because it depicts suicide because it portrays it in a 'cartoonish' style and the retards at google can't tell the difference between an artstyle being used to lull the player into a false sense of security and an artstyle being used to make fun of the topic?
>>736701536It sucks that it was removed BUT it was free and you can still* sideload apps without the play store.*which is supposedly changing this year because fuck everything, amirite?
>>736701536The bigger problem with this is that Google is trying to kill off any way to download shit without going through their store. Expect a lot more cracking down on apps due to muh terms and services violations when they lock down Android.
>>736701564oh thank goodness, they'll never come for video games then
>>736701771I does a good job at depicting a number of mental health issues that get cranked up over the course of the game.Sayori starts as depressed but largely coping well. Natsuki is a victim of neglect and/or abuse. Yuri self harms due to a lack of control. Monika exacerbates their strifes which leads to the horror, but its a very strong depiction of mental health, both in positive and negative ways.
why are people being retarded in this thread? this is clearly some payment processor censorship
>>736701536No big deal, Salvato can just have the .apk downloadable from his website.
>>736701872
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>>736701771Yeah, Danlet is genuinely full of shit. There are actual guidelines out there regarding how to portray suicide in media and the rat man follows exactly none of them.I don't care that much about that specifically, but the fact that he has the audacity to take some moral high ground regarding a trashy VN that sensationalizes its suicides and uses them as a cheap tactic to build "horror", is insane to me.>and I think it was pretty well implemented tooIf you unironically think creepy pasta is good fiction then sure.
>>736702238Not for longhttps://keepandroidopen.org/
>>736701771>widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world, helping them feel heard, understood, and less aloneTHAT SOUNDS WOKE
>>736702095The way DDLC utilizes suicide is genuinely trashy. It's very hard to defend when it uses topics of depression and self harm as a spring board into creepy pasta cliches.
>>736701536They're probably gonna distribute it via APK but it still sucks.>>736702095People killing/cutting themselves is serious business or something. It's also the few things lawmakers actually care about (Meta & YouTube v. KGM is ongoing) so they can regulate the internet easily.I think what probably happened is some nanny NGO complained and cited the 1 guy who killed himself over it 7 years ago.
>>736702345Wow, what an incredibly cucked world we live in.How on earth are they justifying this? Security? Developers being Badthinkers™?
>>736701945The US hasn't won a GOTY award since Biden's presidency, five years and counting.
>>736701564how are vns not games retard
>>736702480That's weird, the US hasn't produced a good game since Obama's presidency.
>>736701536>Play Store>They have to make some fake desktop for you to interact withPart of this game's charm was that you used the actual Windows file explorer to do all that stuff...
>>736702521I liked Red Dead II. Though, you could say that was an effort of Rockstar studios across the world.
>>736702414My severely mentally ill friend who required round the clock care loved it and said it made her feel seen. But of course one person doesn't speak for everyone and if you feel it's trashy that's fair. Me personally, I thought it was mostly tasteful.
>>736701564fpbp
>>736701536Why isn't Trump stopping this? I voted for him because you all told me he'd bring back the Golden Age of Ecchi and Fanservice and Anime.Even our allies like Rev Says Desu are saying we don't need anime anymore, only God. Why aren't conservatives beating these freaking Lefty censorships targeting our anime??
>>736702441Muh security, of course. It's second only to think of le children as an excuse to blatantly screw over people.
>>736702348It's not about being woke, it's about him taking undeserved credit. At its time it was common to see people trying this game while having absolutely zero interest or patience for visual novels and just forcing themselves through anything before "the twist"Its fame was entirely on the back of its Shuusaku like gimmick. And, again, I think it did it pretty well, the fame was deserved, but he's rewriting history here.
>>736701536only gacha is allowed on android
good, DDLC is a game people younger than me and since I'm a joyless chud I think it should be destroyed for that reason alone
>>736702606It's the way in which the suicide was used. After the scene Sayori is pretty much completely dropped from the story until the very end and the game rapidly transitions from a surprisingly nuanced story about depression into a barrage of creepypasta cliches. I can not, and could never, in good faith call that anything but trashy and blatantly manipulative. He used the topic of suicide to draw people into a cheesy horror scenario. That's trashy.
>>736702632rev was a plant after priestfags became internet savvy and found out how to create someone who young men would listen tochristian conservatives have been gaming's biggest enemy, always and forever.
>>736702632What happened to rev he was normal ish
>>736702898See >>736702480
>>736701536It's not even porn
>Momika
>>736702345>already in my bookmark folder right next to Ageless LinuxI hate this gay Earth.
>>736702632You should’ve realized after the first four years of precisely ZERO of the promised round up and massacre of undesirables by right wing death squads that he wasn’t ever going to bring real hope to the world.
>>736702972His account is nothing but posts like this nowThe whole right wing sphere has turned against defending anime at this point. All there really is now is the Chris-Chan tier autists Chibi Reviews who is a cuck lolcow. He's even getting attacked by non-anime hardcore right wing Predator Hunt channels like Alex Rosen who also want to ban anime and loli in the US
Coffin of Andy and Leyley would never make it
Who can save us from technofeudalism at this point?I want the old internet back, man.
>>736703409Right ring anime fans never made sense
>>736703409it's honestly been a little funny watching people use fucking chibi as a stepping stone to complain about lolifags, it's like if you used DSP as an excuse to complain about vidya
>>736703467The biggest solar flare ever recorded.
>>736702502powerpoint presentations are not games
>>736703608Any way that we can help the Sun with that?
>>736703409why did some lolifags think that siding with the "kill all degeneracy" moralfags would go well? all directioncucks are so fucking worthless.
>>736701536Don't they have Netflix on the play store? Why is that allowed then? The double standards regarding Vidya and movies is really annoying.
>>736703409Actually he's commanding his audience of tards to leave Rev alone for turning against loli, so give it another 2 or 3 months and Chibi himself will be posting about finding God and that we should leave anime behind in the name of Israel.
>>736701872HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS EXIST??????EVEN GACHA GAMES GET CONSTANT UPDATES THIS SHIT HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR YEARS????WHAT ARE THEY EVEN TALKING ABOUT?????I'M TOO LAZY TO TURN OFF CAPS?!
>>736703731I'm pretty sure he's defended it before, many timesDon't ever make deals with christcucks is a good rule to follow though
>>736702521Has it really been that long since Halo Reach?
>>736701536the only thing this does is gatekeep the VN from street shitting third worlders. its unambiguously good for the world. I wish Google would ban games from Android altogether.
>>736701771>mental health means troons now?
>>736702502no gameplay
>>736703706I wish.
>>736703654Then why are play station titles allowed around here?
>>736703731Internet has been filled with WHAT'S THAT GOONER DIDDYBLUD AHH SHIT reactions for years, so some were delusional enough to side with the right on the basis of it making these kinds of people angry. In reality, the status quo remained, and neither the left nor right care less about allowing loli to exist.
>>736701536Isn't the depth of "mental illness" in this game boils doen to:aiieee Sonic hanged himself at the end of the level :(((((
>>736701564fpbp, weebs malding
>>736701536Dude why is Google Play and Apple so pissy about things like this? It's just incredibly dumb and it will backfire when Google has to open up the Google Play store to other storefronts later in July.
>>736701614>boiling kettleStop being greedy
>>736701536>GTA is on the Google Play Store but muh anime horror game is too much
>>736702134Thanks for reminding me to switch over to Graphene OS, anon.
>>736701536VN shit is not vidya. Fuck off back to >>>/lit/
>>736703467Someone based, level headed, and in their late twenties to early thirties becoming president, alongside half of the boomers in congress being replaced by a similar demographic.So, never going to happen.
>>736705094So basically, a complete political take over?
>>736705142yeah, basically.
>>736701771Nigger i...
>>736702972>>736703409>>736702632This always happens when people get wife.
>>736701536based Google purging OEVN trash for redditorsgo and play YOU and ME and HER, the game this garbage ripped off
>>736704885Anime website made you look nigger
>>736701536Kek, PDF files on suicide watch, it's owari da.
>>736702502>how is something with zero gameplay not a gameAre you retarded?
>>736703826Believe it or not, this is a screenshot from r/KotakuInAction talking about Senran Kagura getting modernized
>>736704885wait, for real?
>>736706135> Believe it or not, this is a screenshot from r/KotakuInAction talking about Senran Kagura getting modernizedJesus Christ it’s so over should I move country? Is it too late?
>>736706135so do these people really think bible thumping and jew kissing will bring back ecchi or are they just telling you "it's time to put down the toys and go to war" at this point
>>736706110as long as you have 1 choice that's enough gameplay to a game
>>736702006That’s Katawa Shoujo and that was like 12 years ago
>let's trust the fucking tradcaths to bring back loli ecchiwhat a joke
>>736703409>The whole right wing sphere has turned against defending anime at this pointwhat is happening in you network of 20 e-retards is not reality
>>736701564>>736702502>>736704364>>736704885>completely missing the point that Doki Doki censorship is just one step away from their favorite gameHonestly I'm pro-censorship now. Reading these posts made me realize that 80% of the population consists of low-IQ subhumans who deserve all the suffering possible, to be stolen from, manipulated, and exploited until the day they die.
>>736701536>google playthank you, I didn't want MORE shitskin mobiletards in my VN fandom
>>736706525>He thinks the right is gonnna save animeOh nonononono HAHAHAHA
people who believe in magic will never support free speech
Phone "games" aren't games
>>736706856I believe in magic and I support free speech
>>736706856t. battler ushiromiya
>>736706856n-nuh uh
>>736706525Nah, but what's happened in these 20 very unrelated states certainly is
>>736707117>>736707127Kek wtf, braincell sharing ass thread.
>>736701536>b-but i thought they were only censoring loli shit??slippery slope proven right once again
>>736701872This makes me wonder if the katawa shoujo general still exists, and what thread count they're up to now.How video game generals stay alive that long for singular games without continuity is beyond me; the DDLC thread probably has nothing to do with DDLC at this point.
>>736707132Why is this nearly 1:1?
>>736706421same shit?
>>736701807>"LOSERHEAD!"
>>736707397HMMMM
>censorship and ID shit everywhere>in one country after another>in one store after another>website after website NOTICING
>Google Play Storecmon now....
>>736703932yes the same way faggot is associated with aids
Yea not good what do you want me to say?
>>736701536Honestly a really big deal for anyone that likes gachas if games are getting removed for content in the west now.
>>736707524that doesn't make any sense
>>736702236>payment processor>having influence over a free gamewe're so fucked
>>736702345All that's changing is that you have to wait 24 hours once to install unverified APKs, then you can install all the APKs you want, or bypass the wait entirely with ADB. That's also assuming every APK will be unverified, which a lot probably will be verified, so it won't even matter for every APK. Literal nothingburger. So much misinfo going around about this. It's annoying as fuck.
>>736707750>All that's changing isNothing should be changing to begin with. The boiling will continue until morale is worse.
>>736701635You use iphones?
>>736707825It gives enough time to help prevent retards from falling for scams or installing malware, while not stopping people who actually know what they're doing from installing what they want, so it's perfectly acceptable imo.
>>736707750There should not be any meaningful restrictions on hardware that people paid for. If you're competent enough to open the dev tools, then you should be trusted to not brick your shit. Unfortunately, that's not what it's about, as per usual.
>>736708049>If you're competent enough to open the dev tools, then you should be trusted to not brick your shit.That's literally what they're still allowing, retard.
>>736701536Told you it's just getting worse
>>736708009There is NO bar low enough for retardation.
>>736701536Forget that and play thishttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bilibili.trickcal
>>736707750>leaving the part where you're doxing yourself to play store to put your app in it unmentionedsirs...
>>736708009>hello maam please activate the developer mode>sorryr my roof has collapsed we will have to continue later or somebody will call you back*24 hours pass*>okay sir please to isntall this android apk
>>736705661Why she cute with small penis?
>>736708268To be verified, yes. But you don't have to.>>736708279Gives them time to at least think about what they're actually doing. Will also probably come with several warnings.
>>736701536Just stop being pedophiles
>>736708009>everything must be child-proofedlet retards destroy themselves, we have almost no other evolutionary pressure these days, so it's gotta come from somewhere
>>736708408This.
>>736708408Anyone got in the US jail because of the Epstein leak?
>>736701536good luck going after 30+ year old hardware lol
>>736708496stop posting this shit, retard
>>736708541t. manlet child
>>736708496there is something very ironic about posting this while your pfp is from the show filled with underage yuri pandering
>>736708361>there will no way to filter those apps from the customer standpoint like many other websites like it>you don't have to
>>736701872What is there to discuss at this point? Waifu posting? It's been years and there's no sequel as far as I know
>>736701614yeah the only shit ive ever gotten from there was emulators or a no ads youtube app
>>736701536Isn't most of the Rockstar catalog also on Play Store?DDLC it's fucking tame compared to something like Bully
>>736702236>payment processor censorshipNo it isn't. Otherwise, it wouldn't have just affected Doki Doki Literature Club on Google Play.>>736701536Google (just like every other platform holder of fiction) has a history of superseding age-ratings boards to censor fiction.https://news.sankakucomplex.com/2025/01/04/azur-lane-removing-lewd-skins-due-to-google-play-censorship/https://automaton-media.com/en/news/we-had-to-prove-we-removed-boob-bones-to-guarantee-there-was-no-jiggle-japanese-visual-novel-pioneers-on-difficulty-of-releasing-games-on-modern-platforms/ (This also may have been Apple)Platform holder censorship has even affected manga.https://boundingintocomics.com/manga/kodanshas-official-launch-of-new-english-language-k-manga-distribution-platform-reveals-censorship-restrictive-pricing-system>Asked about this censorship, Kodansha explained to Bounding Into Comics that in order to comply with the Android and IOS Terms of Services, they will have to make “unavoidable modifications” to content on the K MANGA mobile app.In regard to Doki Doki, PlayStation with its post-2018 Anti-Fiction policies censored Doki Doki in 2021.https://boundingintocomics.com/video-games/playstation-release-of-doki-doki-literature-club-censors-iconic-scene-in-order-to-comply-with-sony-content-regulationsFor almost a decade, every major platform holder has used and expanded their own Anti-Fiction policies to restrict/censor fictional expressions. Microsoft Xbox since Gal*Gun. Valve Steam since The Key to Home. Sony PlayStation since Omega Labyrinth Z. Nintendo of Japan (to a lesser extent) since Duel Princess or Nintendo of America and Europe (to a greater extent) since The Fox Awaits Me Hana.And this is pinning the discussion to the modern-era versions of platform holder's Anti-Fiction policies. Historically, even prior to Sony's post-2018 censorship, 1996's Policenauts was censored by Sony and so was 2016's Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4.
>>736701564FPBP.
>>736707886No, why?
>>736701536The creator of DDLC hates anime btw.
>>736704035movies aren't powerpoint presentations
>>736702632>allieshe was always an ironic weeb and he's just showing his true colors.
>>736710363sounds based
>>736707373>This makes me wonder if the katawa shoujo general still exists, and what thread count they're up to now.Katawa Shoujo General #4056it's basically a graveyard after the hack, not to imply that it was very active before that but still>How video game generals stay alive that long for singular games without continuity is beyond meronery anons with nothing else huddling over something that still brings some essence of light to their lives
>>736701536Does them removing the game from store also remove your access after already purchase?>>736701635Enjoy your apple slavery.
>>736706262Nothing is more important to the American christian than sending young men to die for the benefit of jews. Anything they may adopt as window dressing, like anime, is ultimately used as a tool to make you go die for either jews as a people or the magic jew on a stick.
>>736701536I got a physical copy for the switchGood luck taking that away digital fags
>>736701702If you seriously give a shit about mobile gaming on either iOS or android, you are barely human and deserve to suffer.
>>736709721Incidentally, notice that I had to source BoundingIntoComics, news.SankakuComplex, and Automaton-Media. This is because mainstream journals purposely avoid covering fiction censorship either to avoid controversy, or it's because the editors and staff agree fictional expressions they personally don't like should be restricted/censored (image related).Ultimately, the lack of coverage functionally manufactures the public's consent for the Anti-Fiction policies by platform holders that censor fiction.Furthermore, in the event mainstream journalists cover fiction censorship by platform holders, they engage in apologetics (e.g. Nintendo journals blaming CERO for Dispatch's censorship, rather than the post-2023 Anti-Fiction policies by Nintendo of America/Europe that restricted Dispatch to release censored. See no. 301225 at https://zzzchan.xyz/v/thread/279551.html#301225 and its quoted posts for more details on Nintendo's Anti-Fiction policies that restricts/censors anime-styled/cartoon-styled content). Alternatively, these journalists outright advocate for fiction censorship & Anti-Fiction restrictions (see: https://reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/8p4zby/megathread_games_bloggers_are_extremely_angry/ ).Lastly, when we look at the YouTube and eceleb media space... >>736702632 >>736703409 >>736703826It's filled with partisan, politically-obsessed hacks who are inept at doing any research or advocacy. This gives the Anti-Fiction activists an advantage because they have the support of the journalistic institutions and moderated gatekeepers that keep their retards informed. Meanwhile, our side has limited representation and institutional gatekeepers to support us.At this point, we must learn Japanese ( https://learnjapanese.moe/ ) and move to Japan. At least there's institutional (Yamada Taro & Akamatsu Ken) and journalistic support there, even as Japanese companies are increasingly compliant to "modern audiences" and global (Anti-Fiction) standards.
>>736711714Google's censorship is a symptom of an industry wide problem. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! was censored in 2021 on PlayStation.
>>736701536In before Germany.
>>736712109>Yamada Taro & Akamatsu Kenwe either need people like that in the states, or we need to have a regression of the current gaming industry to how it was before where overseas japanese media exposure was limited and only given by dedicated fan groups. but given how much money japanese media currently makes overseas, that seems unlikely.
>>736706425You're right, everyone knows Catholics are more into shota ecchi
>>736703409At some point you start to realize why stalin did what he did
>>736712109>>736712428Wish they did something about the credit cards problem.
>>736712428American politicians don't know what video games are. Republicans see them as tools spawned into the world by Satan and Democrats think they're all Pokemon Go
>>736701536the most popular western VN being a deconstruction of a genre its audience has no history with is such a profound phenomenon. I'd wonder why there hasnt been a 10 hour long youtube documentary on this if I didnt already know that the kind of people that would make such a video are incapable of self reflection and wouldnt be able to research themselves.
>>736712710its not even a deconstruction of VNs its trying to "subvert" the strawman version of a medium the author created in his head based on cultural memes
>>736712751well put
>>736712586>Republicans see them as tools spawned into the world by SatanAnd they are right look how many men trooned out because of it
>>736712710>woah cool meta-thingis all it takessubversion/deconstruction is never its own reward, mostly fart-sniffing for the people who watch video essays
>>736702343>There are actual guidelines out there regarding how to portray suicide in mediaWhy would anyone follow something like that lol. That's just cucking yourself out of your vision in order to appeal to a sensitive minority that's maybe not even your target audience.
>>736703731I dunno why nobody seems to have the normal sane take about degeneracy everyone used to have 20 years ago.Do whatever you want between 1 or more consensual adults in the privacy of your own bedroom. Don't try to shove your fetish where it doesn't belong and don't try to involve actual real life kids in your fetish.It is literally that simple, the problem was solved decades ago.
>>736702632Rightoids are just as bad when it comes to censoring things for straight men
ackshully the most popular western VN is Planescape: Torment. Like a number of old-timey Japanese VNs, PS:T had some pretty awful gameplay attached to it trying to be a "real game" which people grin & bear with so they can keep reading the VN.
