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Are NSFW video games doomed? (Jean Ketterling) (Patreon)

Published:
2025-09-26 13:42:44
Edited:
2025-10-10 05:33:52
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2025-09

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Programming notes:

Next week, I'll be answering your questions about Nintendo and this current season of video game releases. Record a voice note and send it to postgamesmailbag at gmail. Please keep questions under two minutes. Thanks!

Surprise! Today's episode is available on Patreon as a video. This is an experiment. I haven't decided how I'd like to handle video versions of the episodes, from the question of Patreon tiering to delayed drops on YouTube. For the time being, they will be a bonus for all Patreon subscribers.

The 30 minutes of Yakuza Kiwami 3, Dark Ties, and Sonic Racing footage is available here.

A few months ago, NSFW games appeared to be thriving. Then came the censorship campaign. To help us understand what shifted in the culture over the summer, and where NSFW games go from here, I needed an expert on media censorship, video games, pornography, feminism, and the history of sex labor activism.

Today's guest is that unicorn. Jean Ketterling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies – Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Saskatchewan.

Act 1: The summer sexy games got banned

Act 2: The future fight against game censorship

Patreon Bonus: The gooner contingency and NSFW game recs

Act 3: News of the week

Patreon Bonus: What I saw at SEGA

Programming notes:

Next week, I'll be answering your questions about Nintendo and this current season of video game releases. Record a voice note and send it to postgamesmailbag at gmail. Please keep questions under two minutes. Thanks!

Surprise! Today's episode is available on Patreon as a video. This is an experiment. I haven't decided how I'd like to handle video versions of the episodes, from the question of Patreon tiering to delayed drops on YouTube. For the time being, they will be a bonus for all Patreon subscribers.

The 30 minutes of Yakuza Kiwami 3, Dark Ties, and Sonic Racing footage is available here.

A few months ago, NSFW games appeared to be thriving. Then came the censorship campaign. To help us understand what shifted in the culture over the summer, and where NSFW games go from here, I needed an expert on media censorship, video games, pornography, feminism, and the history of sex labor activism.

Today's guest is that unicorn. Jean Ketterling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies – Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Saskatchewan.

Act 1: The summer sexy games got banned

Act 2: The future fight against game censorship

Patreon Bonus: The gooner contingency and NSFW game recs

Act 3: News of the week

Patreon Bonus: What I saw at SEGA

Act 1: The summer sexy games got banned

The works of Robert Yang (debacle.us/)

Robert Yang’s wonderful TikTok (TikTok)

Steam's Visa, Mastercard, and censorship fiasco just keeps deteriorating (Polygon)

Mastercard Responds To Gamers Campaigning Against Adult Game Restrictions On Steam (Steam)

Collective Shout States It Seeks Removal Of Games, "Even When They Are Not Illegal" (The Gamer)

Collective Shout Interview: 'Steam's Sexual Violence Game Defenders Are Abusers in Real Life' (TweakTown)

The feminist sex wars (Wikipedia)

VILE: Exhumed is an unjust casualty in Steam's sweeping censorship campaign (Engadget)

Japanese Politicians Are Now Getting Involved In Steam's Censorship Saga (The Gamer)

Act 2: The future fight against game censorship

A brief history of the ESRB rating system (Polygon)

Project 2025’s plan to criminalize porn has a sinister subplot (MSNBC)

A Bill That Would Ban Pornography in the U.S. Also Takes Aim at Trans People (Them)

Sex workers' rights (Wikipedia)

Patreon bonus prologue: The gooner contingency and NSFW game recs

Gooner definition (Urban Dictionary)

La Petite Mort (lovablehatcult.dk)

Luxuria Superbia (Steam)

NSFWare by Pierrec (Steam)

Boarlord (itch.io)

Act 3: News of the week

Hades II review (Kotaku)

Blippo+ review (Screen Rant)

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review (Eurogamer)

Consume Me review (Game Luster)

Baby Steps review (Polygon)

Silent Hill f review (GameSpot)

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds review (Game Informer)

Ghost of Yotei review (GameSpot)

OD - Teaser trailer (Kojima Productions)

Polygon's Games of the Year 2014 #10: P.T. (Polygon)

This week in video game links

Hampstune Squeeku (Louie Zong)

Romhacking DIRECT AUGUST 2025! (Captain Jack)

A modder has already removed all the fog from Silent Hill f and it makes Ebisugaoka look like quite the vacation spot (PCGamer)

L.A.’s underground art scene comes alive in new video game, ‘Blippo+’: L.A. arts and culture this weekend (LA Times)

The Xbox 360 USB Hack keeps getting better (Modern Vintage Gamer)

Xenoblade is a good pick-up line!? – Days of Our Lives (METR0ID)

‘The future of GTA roleplaying' announced in collaboration with Rockstar Games (PCGamer)

Peak wants you to waste your time on silly things like basketball and chess in its latest, climbing-averse update (RPS)

Italian Museum Uncovers Blueprints To Historic Lost Sega Game From The 1970s (Time Extension)

Free game of the week: Evil Egg

“Evil Egg was an ecstatic twin-stick nightmare known for its brutal shooting action and intense audiovisual effects. Infinite horrors tear apart a world of little green men, the only hope an errant hatchling. The last known Evil Egg arcade cabinet to remain was recovered in Eugene, Oregon, found in a state of extreme disrepair. This digital release is a faithful emulation of the original hardware, made possible by a restoration effort led by a small team of dedicated preservationists. The private collector responsible for the machine's donation has asked to remain anonymous.”

What else I’m enjoying

Obelisk - You’ve Come Back (Lizardmeninc)

"Dungeons & Television" OPENING | Chika Haneta "Kaze no Ishizue" (巡宙艦ボンタ JunchukanBonta)

Why Dandadan is Dominating (Mother’s Basement)

The Bride! | Official Teaser (YouTube)

Battle Royale 25th Anniversary Theatrical Re-Release - Official Trailer (YouTube)

DEATH STRANDING MOSQUITO（Working Title) - Teaser Trailer (Kojima Productions)

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Comments

geopet

What an episode! Jean’s thoughtful insight into this genre and culture of gaming was really wonderful to hear. Being an uptight lame-oh, this entire space is pretty foreign to me (aside from what I’ve already learned in previous Post Games episodes), so it is super interesting to get the perspective from these experts. I’m super concerned over the legal implications of these payment gateways being leveraged to determine what I should and shouldn’t play, read, or hear. I’m also very concerned about how this sort of fear based “regulation” will affect already disenfranchised and at risk people.

geopet

As an aside, it sounds like Jean is connected to several fascinating associations that support the study of gaming and sexuality. I think it would be really interesting to get a better sense about what other resources, associations, education outlets, foundations, non-profits, grants, that are out there for gaming. Regardless of genre. I’m not a journalist or a podcaster, so I don’t really know what that looks like in terms of delivery. But I just know that I’m certainly interested in expanding my knowledge in this space.

Directional Joy

May I make a friendly suggestion, not a criticism (and I understand that my request may require time invested that takes away from other projects, so I get taking a pass on this)? Would you consider showing either 1 of 2, during videos?… 1. Gameplay of what you are talking about (completely understand with this being a NSFW conversation, that you may be unable to do it, in this case). 2. VH1 style Pop up video notes, related to what you are talking about, giving further detail to viewers.

Robert Secundus

Concerning Maga Gooners: a mistake is being made here that is extremely common in political coverage: the assumption is that people vote in their own informed self-interest. We don't have polling on this, but there's no doubt in my mind that you are correct and Trump very much did win the Gooner Contingent, but 1. a very small percentage of those people are plugged in enough to know that Project 2025 exists, and many won't even be aware if/when republicans ban porn in their own states that the politicians they voted for did that. And, 2., Trump made gains among a great number of groups that he explicitly ran on hurting. Women voted for Trump, immigrants voted for Trump, immigrants with undocumented family members voted for Trump, racial minorities voted for Trump, people with small businesses destroyed by tariffs voted for Trump. Some of those people won't vote republican in the next election. Some will vote republican for the rest of their lives. Know Your Enemy-- a leftist podcast about conservatism-- recently had an episode that's worth listening to, that covers this subject of the American Voter in some detail, an interview with Osita Nwanevu. (Nwanevu's book also seems worth reading, but I haven't read it myself, so can't recommend it. But the interview gives me every indication that it would be excellent contextual reading on this subject [though my impression is that he also has a much less pessimistic view of the American electorate than I do]).

Unbiasedfanboy

Hmm, I kind of wonder if I am perceived as a "maga gooner" by outsiders. I also have an anime avatar and enjoy plenty of media that would likely be labeled as "gooner." But I'm aroace (to be clear, I still "goon" on occasion. ace people can goon too) and have extremely leftist political ideals and the mere existence of MAGA has been deeply upsetting to me daily since its emergence in US politics. I don't engage with communities too often, but the ones I am engaged with with some like minded people are very pro LGBTQ+, sex positive, and have zero acceptance for any intolerant speech. And I feel like this can often be even more true for small communities of appreciators of extremely sexual visual novels (enjoying these requires reading, so no MAGA there). I understand the anime MAGA avatar people you are talking about, but I guess they are in communities I would have no part in. On twitter trolling for content for their right wing grifter youtube channel, on 4chan, or in Asmongold's subreddit. I also feel like a lot of these people don't engage earnestly (or at all) with the media they are associated with and spend most of their time just being vitriolic on the internet for the sake of it and making silly little arguments out of nitpicks framed as "woke censorship" for games they will never or never intended to play. Great episode btw!

Eric Leslie

Just finally starting to listen to this one and excited to get into it, but I notice that the promo'd (from the previous episode) conversation with Youtuber Sex Positive Gaming doesn't seem to be in the rundown - will that be coming later? Did it get dropped? I enjoy her Youtube content a lot and was looking forward to hearing you chat with her.