GOG is giving away a selection of adult games to protest censorship

GOG, a digital game marketplace, has launched a new website called FreedomtoBuy.games to protest against the "quiet erasure of creative works from digital shelves." The website offers 13 "adult" games for free for the next 48 hours, some of which have been subject to controversies or delisting from other platforms. The move is a response to recent decisions by platforms like Steam and Itch to delist certain violent and sexually-explicit games, citing pressure from payment processors and a nonprofit organization. The inclusion of titles like POSTAL 2, which was banned in New Zealand in 2004 and delisted from the German version of Steam in 2016, and HuniePop, which is forbidden for Twitch streamers to stream, highlights GOG's stance against censorship. The article suggests that the goal of this initiative is not only to preserve these games but also to draw attention to the ease with which digital storefronts can be pressured to remove content that some may find uncomfortable or objectionable.