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      Nudity comes back to Tumblr, but sexually explicit images still banned

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 2 November, 2022 - 19:57

    Nudity comes back to Tumblr, but sexually explicit images still banned

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    At a time when Elon Musk has just begun fiddling with Twitter’s knobs in attempts to make it more money, the possibility that Tumblr could rise back up as a profitable social media giant simply by allowing some users to post nude pics again is a prospect that’s left many Twitter users nakedly giddy.

    Tweets garnering tens of thousands of likes may be joking when they call Tumblr’s recent announcement —confirming that it would no longer restrict content featuring “nudity, mature subject matter, or sexual themes”—a “death blow” to Twitter, which many users are already threatening to abandon. However, it appears Tumblr’s decision could lure Twitter users away.

    Earlier this year, The New Yorker reported that Tumblr was already attracting a younger demographic that other social platforms like Facebook and Twitter want to attract. And other tweets reacting to Tumblr’s announcement received just as many likes simply out of enthusiasm for the return of nudity on Tumblr, seemingly indicating that some of the users who fled Tumblr when it banned adult content in 2018 would be willing to come back.

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      Bayonetta 3 on Switch will include an optional “put on more clothes” mode

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 13 July, 2022 - 17:37 · 1 minute

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    Most fans of the Bayonetta franchise will no doubt be happy to hear that the upcoming Bayonetta 3 —which is now planned for an October 28 release exclusively on the Switch—will feature a title character that's "sexier than ever," according to developer Platinum Games. But for players who have young children in the house and still want to "play right in the living room without having to worry about what's on screen," Platinum says it will include a mode that covers up some of the partial nudity the series is known for.

    In a tweeted video , Platinum shows how "Naive Angel Mode" will add additional covering to Bayonetta and other characters that might be showing a little too much skin for sensitive players. That includes extra skin covering during some of Bayonetta's dramatic special attacks, where her flowing hair stops serving as her clothing (yes, really) and starts serving as a weapon.

    While this new family-friendly mode will tone down the nudity, its unclear if it will also limit the over-the-top violent "torture attacks" that will be making a return in the upcoming sequel. For Bayonetta 2 the ESRB described those in part as "exaggerated and intense acts of violence [with] enemies thrown into spinning spiked wheels; characters decapitated by a guillotine; a dragon ripping characters apart [and] large blood-splatter effects and gore can be seen frequently." Not exactly content you might want a child seeing over your shoulder during living room play.

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