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Crowdfunding website Kickstarter – a place many video game projects have originated – has issued an unflinching apology after ‘botching’ new guidelines it released last week. The changes had sought to tighten the rules around adult-oriented projects raising money there, resulting in a fierce backlash and calls of censorship.<\/p>\n

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Crowdfunding website Kickstarter – a place many video game projects have originated – has issued an unflinching apology after ‘botching’ new guidelines it released last week. The changes had sought to tighten the rules around adult-oriented projects raising money there, resulting in a fierce backlash and calls of censorship. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1584404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[2324,21,10355,59,44,45,60,4616],"class_list":["post-1584403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-kickstarter","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-xbox-one","tag-xbox-series-x-s"],"yoast_head":"\n"Honestly? 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