Collective Shout: The Aussie NGO That Nuked 500+ Games Off Steam—And Why Every Juk Sing Pok Gai Gamer Should Be Furious

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Yo, it’s not paranoia if it’s real: Collective Shout, this loud Australian anti-porn NGO, just flexed harder than any game boss—getting Steam, Visa, and Mastercard to drop the banhammer on nearly 500 games in a single purge. These outsiders ain’t your gran’s mahjong squad—they’re self-declared moral cops who’ve made it their job to wipe out anything they don’t like, from indie VNs to triple-A, no matter who actually plays or creates. Let’s hear from our sponsor of today:

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Who the Hell Are Collective Shout?

This group is old news in activist circles, but a nightmare for real gamers. Co-founded by Melinda Tankard Reist back in 2009, Collective Shout loves to describe themselves as “a grassroots movement against the objectification of women and sexualization of girls in media and pop culture.” Except “grassroots” here means a few thousand mostly non-gamers launching email campaigns, open letters, and Change.org petitions every time they see a skimpy anime dress or a suggestive scene in a game.

This wasn’t their first rodeo:

• They got GTA V banned from Target Australia back in 2014.

• They tried (and failed) to get mainstream games like Detroit: Become Human and Grand Theft Auto V banned for “bad portrayals of women”.

• Most recently, they targeted Steam and itch.io, telling Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Discover to cut all payment processing to platforms with “hundreds of r*pe, incest, and child-abuse games.” They bragged about 1,000+ followers flooding the emails, enough to spook payment processors and run Valve’s tolerance meter dry.

Now, they’re out celebrating:

The Real Game Over: Outsider Pressure, Shadow Bans, Silence

What makes this next-level outrageous is the method:

• Not about law or local ratings: Nothing illegal. No government ban, no court.

• Payment processors as the real censors: By flooding credit card and banking partners, they force Visa/Mastercard (who control 90%+ of transactions globally!) to strong-arm Steam.

• Real devs, real careers in the crossfire: Mostly Asian/Japanese indie teams, niche markets—none of whom broke actual laws—just got deleted.

And Collective Shout doesn’t care if your favorite is an obscure Natalie or some East-meets-West retro banger—they’re now crowing about getting the “tag count” down from almost 500 to 82.

Why Juk Sing, Devs, Marketers, and Influencers MUST Wake Up

• Game Designers:
  You’re not just fighting official censorship anymore. Any time, any place, a campaign can nuke your hard months of work. Don’t put all your hopes on a single storefront or payment channel. Make your community portable.

• Marketers:
  “Banned by outsider activists” is now a badge—Canto underdog spirit, lah. Use your story to drive unity and engagement. Rally your player base—your real fans get it.

• Gamers:
  Don’t sleep. If they can erase VNs today, what’s safe tomorrow? Buy direct, review hard, meme louder. Censorship starts with niche genres, but ends in everyone’s library.

• Influencers:
  If you’re not screaming, you’re slacking. Highlight, stream, and roast these stealth bans. We need Cantonese (and all) gamer noise worldwide.

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