August 1, 2025

UNBOXING’s Censorship Gone Wild Week!

This week on UNBOXING, Laine and Joost break down the recent wave of game removals from Steam and Itch.io and offer some insight into what triggered it. Then, your co-hosts dive into how payment processors have become de facto censors, how the UK’s new Online Safety Act adds fuel to the fire, and why this all matters for the future of games. To bring it full circle, this week’s episode concludes with more censorship drama, this time taking place at Waypoint when multiple writers quit after articles related to Steam’s NSFW policy were removed.

Tune in!