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The Industry is lobbying against SKG (California Edition)
I was asked to make a video on the ESA's response to the pro-#StopKillingGames California Bill. The ESA 100% lived up to their reputation in this.
Unfortunately the timeliness required for this torpedoed me in the middle of working on regular videos (this is happening WAY too much), but I'll get b…
The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative
The “Stop Destroying Videogames” initiative has received official accusations of it (and myself) of violating EU rules! These would be serious charges, except that they’re false, using made up evidence. This industry is playing hardball now!
Big update on Stop Killing Games!
Several big updates on Stop Killing Games!
Stop Killing Games updates (June 2025)
Some announcements and commentary on the Stop Killing Games campaign. The announcements are at the beginning, then the rest of this is just answering various viewer questions about the movement.
The end of Stop Killing Games
The full scoop on Stop Killing Games! Covers past, present, and future.
Over 70% of games that require internet get permanently destroyed
Volunteers from the Stop Killing Games movement looked at over 700 games requiring internet to see how many are playable after support ends. The results are bad.
Stop Killing Games: UK Edition
The UK government petition to stop publishers destroying games now open! Sign the petition here if you’re a UK citizen or resident!
Stop Killing Games: Discord Launch
The Stop Killing Games movement now has an official Discord open to the public! This will hopefully be for coordinating future action, but it’s also up to where the users want to take it. The link to it is here.
Giant FAQ on The European Initiative to Stop Killing Games!
Here is a giant Video FAQ for everything on the ECI! This will probably be boring for most people, but for anyone confused on it wanting to know more, this should take care of that!
Europeans can save gaming! (short version)
Here is a short video explanation of the European Citizens’ Initiative, this one should be much easier to share and get the bare bones message across about what it is doing. For those who want the opposite, the long Video FAQ should be out tomorrow!
Europeans can save gaming!
The European Citizens’ Initiative has launched! This is the biggest and most ambitious chance to create law on publishers destroying videogames they have already sold to you. Get EU citizens to sign it!
May update on campaign to stop killing games
Here are some more updates on the campaign. The Australian petition is ending very soon, there are some new details on the UK petition + consumer action, and there will be a significant announcement on EU law on the 27th, I’ll have more details later.
April update on campaign to stop killing games
Lots of updates on the campaign! UK petition open! Australia petition probably open soon! Research help wanted! Australian law firm hired! Talking to EU members of Parliament!
Game campaign ADHD version
50 second explanation of the game campaign!
The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games
Here’s a campaign video to stop games from being destroyed! While a chunk of it is focused on “The Crew” shutdown, there are other options also. There are more legal options brought up here on what we can do stop this than I think has ever been discussed before. Also check out stopkillinggames…
Informal update on campaign to stop games being destroyed
I split the latest videochat into two segments. The first is discussing some updates on the campaign to stop games being destroyed. It’s just details of what’s being worked on + some more help needed.
Discussion on AI, consciousness, and future of society with Jacy Reese Anthis
I had a good discussion with sociologist and statistician Jacy Reese Anthis. I thought this one went really well, we talked about AI, consciousness, reality, some philosophy, and some directions society might be going in general. While we had different outlooks, I think I was able to get some answer…
Discussion / debate with AI expert Eliezer Yudkowsky
An interesting discussion / debate with Eliezer Yudkowsky on whether AI will end humanity. For some, this may be fascinating, frustrating, terrifying, spur more curiosity, I have no idea. I feel like we each tried our best to make our case, even if we got lost in the weeds a few times. There’s d…
The software of my dreams
Here’s my dream software video! This is an idea that’s been rattling around in my head a long time. This is territory where science-fiction could be bleeding into reality, so I want to give it a push in slipping through. I’m keeping my fingers crossed this eventually leads to something, but I …
THE GUI SHOULD BE BETTER
If you ever wanted to know all my thoughts on the GUI, here you are! This has honestly been brewing in my mind for decades and while this video took way too long to make, it’s an accomplishment for me that I was able to put this into something coherent. I’m really hoping this leads to somebody b…
SYMBIOSIS: A STAR TREK APOCALYPSE
New video! This is a side video I’ve thought about doing before and now felt like a good time to do so. This is NOT the big side video I’ve been working on, that’s still coming later!
I’ve had an idea of making a video on this for a couple years, but in addition to wanting to get more vide…
ROSS'S BIG GAME LIST
Behold, the list! I’ve been wanting to make this for at least a year, but since I’m not a web programmer, I had to get the right help and everything to fall in place before it was finally able to happen. I’m quite excited about this, I find it impossible to be completely negative about gaming …
“Games as a service” is fraud.
My ultimate video on “games as a service”! This video is more fact-heavy than the vast majority of ones I make, but it’s on a topic that I think is the largest problem in gaming today. As you’ll see in the video, this is my declaration of war on “games as a service.” I’ve been meaning …
Video Shortage Update
Here’s an update on the current drought of videos. The simple version is things haven’t stabilized, but I might be making progress maybe. I’m hoping to have some real videos in the near future, but it’s still going to be a rocky path for a while.
ALL VIDEOS ON HOLD
All videos are on hold due to a domestic crisis I’m having! Playsessions and videochat sessions are all cancelled until further notice. I honestly don’t know when this is going to resolved, but I do intend to return once my living situation has stabilized. Sorry about this, I’m not happy about…
