Get a load of this, then.

https://archive.is/CSyhD

"FOSTA would undermine Section 230, the law protecting online platforms from some types of liability for their users’ speech. Section 230 is the most important law protecting free speech online. Without it, most of the online platforms we use would never have been formed—the risk of liability for their users’ actions would have simply been too high.

Section 230 strikes an important balance for when online platforms can be held liable for their users’ speech. Contrary to FOSTA supporters’ claims, Section 230 does nothing to protect platforms that break federal criminal law. If an Internet company knowingly engages in the advertising of sex trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice can and should prosecute it.

The new version of FOSTA would destroy that careful balance, opening platforms to increased criminal and civil liability at both the federal and state levels. It includes a new federal sex trafficking crime targeted at web platforms—but which would not require a platform to have knowledge that people are using it for sex trafficking purposes. It also includes exceptions to Section 230 for state law criminal prosecutions against online platforms, as well as civil claims under federal law and civil enforcement of federal law by state attorneys general.

In complying with FOSTA, online platforms would have little choice but to censor their users, likely silencing many marginalized voices and even sex trafficking victims themselves."

Complete silence on the MSM as well. Good thing custom RSS feeds are a thing or this would have been a complete surprise attack.

Newgrounds being a yank-hosted site might catch some flak from these pearl-clutching moral police, too.

Here's the 'amendment', in pdf form.

Christmas comes early this year.

The story is incongruous, the settings make no sense, the gameplay is nuttier than ever - but that's why you like it, don'tcha? Welcome one and all to the latest release by the forkheads crew!

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/703256

In this insane episode of YOUR FUCKED UP LIFE, after getting a fuckload of money and blowing it on some sweet loot, you find yourself intellectually challenged to the point you are unable to even use the fancy TV and the media center you splurged on!

Your girlfriend, Slutty McSlut, in a disturbingly genre-savvy moment, forcibly enrolls you in a local school in order to get your IQ back to normal levels. Do you have what it takes to survive in an all-girls high school full of bloodthirsty hentai hotties and return home before that marathon of Hentai Heaven starts on Channel XXX?​

Warning: No cheating. She'll know.

I hope y'all enjoy this game, and stay tuned for Sex Kitten 9, coming soon in 2018 or something!

... in no specific order.

Before I start, I'd like to say this is all Vixu " @TheOverGhoul " zar's fault. Thanks, dude!

And here we are - 666 fans. I'm supposed to go to hell now, but that won't work - specifically because I've already died once, got sent to hell, romanced the Demon Queen which resulted in Satan begging me to leave - turns out the loony fuck had a real soft spot for the Queen of hel. So, back again... for now.

I know I'm supposed to do something when I reached this milestone. I'm just not sure what. Tell you what, just as a special treat, I'll look through my posts and see what I have to do...

Oh, right! Art!

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Moving on, it's only now that I realized that I've basically spent 10 years on newgrounds. What a fucked up ride it was. Regardless, let's admit it - it's been one hell of an educational experience. Watching the ages turn on this place wasn't a pretty sight. Props to Tom and the NG crew for keeping this place running despite the fact that an entire army of lawyer-type cretins backed by their retarded trash groupies want this sort of creativity permanently gone from the internet. I don't even remember why I joined, despite the fact that I had zero talent in flash...

For the record, this future sucks, and I did not get this problem way back when NG's slogan was 'the problems of the future, today!'.

Oh well. Moving on... what next? Hmm...

Oh right! I've started working on a zine! I'm the [alleged] editor, and I write stuff for it. Interested in contributing? Send in your ramblings, reviews blurbs, short/long stories, observations even creative stuff like art, photography and such to 

holyshitzine[at]airmail[dot]cc! 

Just remember: It's 100% awesome content not censored by anyone!

Should you want to read the previous releases, it's all available here. Maybe you'll get some inspiration on what to send in...

Next up, more NSD updates!

What started as an irredeemable v0.0.0.01 way back in 2012 as a badly programmed variable distribution system that would glitch out if you clicked too fast is now running at v0.2.0 - and is actually playable. See those two 2d qts there? They're fully integrated into the game. Still, I'm not one of those types who'll flood the portal with proto-incomplete versions of my stuff, so y'all will have to wait until this lifetime's work is complete.

... at least it feels like a lifetime of work. This project was originally started in late 2008, if the chatlogs that came with the former dev team's project folders are to be believed. Also, I crudely 'ported' an entire MS-DOS game in the loading screen with a total size of 20kb for people to play. Are you HARDCORE ENOUGH to find the kitten?

Aside from that, most of my time's taken up with irl normie job, complete with tie-wearing and boring office meetings in which I swear my IQ points actually decrease. I'm not really into cruel and unusual punishments for my fans, so lets gloss over this part with a cute 2hu.

Also, I'm learning Japanese to evolve from generic weeb to ULTIMATE GAIJIN. Have been doing this for a few months, and already I can tell when subtitles fuck up on my anime. OHSHI-

Expect random Japanese questions to pop up on the next batch of sex kitten games I work on. Fufufu~

That's enough from me, I guess. But there's something y'all should know.

Like an idiot not learning that there's stuff that'll sting them when touched, some sleazy ISPs are at it again, despite the fact they got rebuffed in their dirtbag campaign to end net neutrality just 3 months ago. It's as if they don't care what the public thinks- oh.

And this time, they're lobbying the SCOTUS (that's Supreme Court Of The United States) to make it so that it'll become impossible to undo any damage they do to the flow of data on the internet. Sneaky fuckers, aren't they? They're really desperate to reduce the internet to nothing more than some generic social media shit, and they're not even hiding that fact anymore. This time, they want immunity from regulation - meaning they can disregard American law, charge you thousands of dollars for dialup speeds, sell your browsing habits / passwords / credit card data for $$$, censor you from visiting sites like newgrounds because it's 'problematic content', and even sue you if you dare use your intelligence to bypass their blocks.

Maybe I should annex America...

In closing, once again I'd like to thank all the followers, all 666 of them! I look forward to doing more random stuff here, so stay tuned!

Yes, again.

As if the opposition to SOPA, PIPA and everything else they've cooked up so far wasn't enough of a big 'no, fuck off and die in a fire' to them, some unelected bureaucrats with big cable company money fresh in their pockets are now pressuring the US into completely ending net neutrality. The previous victories of the netizens must've bothered them good enough that they're not even bothering with the usual doublespeak of 'combating piracy' and 'copyright violations' - instead, they're being rather frank with their demands because the creation of 'fast lanes' will profit them on the short term... while heavily taxing every sector of American private and public sectors.

What is net neutrality?

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers like Comcast & Verizon should not control what we see and do online. In 2015, startups, Internet freedom groups, and 3.7 million commenters won strong net neutrality rules from the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC). The rules prohibit Internet providers from blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization—"fast lanes" for sites that pay, and slow lanes for everyone else.

Nearly everyone who understands and depends on the Internet supports net neutrality, whether they're startup founders, activists, gamers, politicians, investors, comedians, YouTube stars, or typical Internet users who just want their Internet to work as advertised.

So, what's going on?

Cable companies in America are famous for high prices and poor service. Several rank as the most hated companies in America. Now, they're lobbying the FCC and Congress to end net neutrality. Why? It's simple: if they win the power to slow sites down, they can bully any site into paying millions to escape the "slow lane." This would amount to a tax on every sector of the American economy. Every site would cost more, since they'd all have to pay big cable. Worse, it would extinguish the startups and independent voices who can't afford to pay. If we lose net neutrality, the Internet will never be the same.

In fact, one particularly backpfeifengesicht-able bureaucrat was quoted as 'taking a weed whacker to the FCC regulations'. He must've really wanted that gold-plated shirt.

What can you do about it? Contacting your representatives, sending in letters and excercise your right to democratic representation. That isn't illegal. Yet.

You can start by visiting here: https://www.battleforthenet.com
EDIT: Non-US citizens can use this to explain to the FCC why NN is so important. https://dearfcc.org

WHO'S THE PRESIDENT?!

DID I LEAVE MY STEAMCOOKER ON?!

Oh, it's still 2017. Eh, we good. 

Its been some time since my last update - so what have I been doing for the past three months? Basically, a good part time job, a new hobby and a shitton of progress on my projects.

In the world of part time work, I now get to stick around in a digital media shop. Sure, it's not really work, but it packs enough money to have pushed in a complete surplus for this quarter of the year. So, I say - 

But lets skip over the boring details of my boring life and get to the good stuff. What's this new hobby that's taken my schedule by storm? Why, I now tend to explore abandoned scientific communities for educational books. The first one I found was one about actionscript and I sat my butt down and went "WHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA I didn't know that!"

So, equipped with some mad new skills that come with reading skill books (JUST LIKE IN MY RPGS WHEEEE), I'm gonna keep on working on the good stuff. Which is what you are interested in the most, right?

First off is my magnum opus - Negima Sim Date!

No longer a clunky experiment in multiple maps - now has one storyline complete! This game looks to end up causing Michael Bay and Shao Khan to go bankrupt by the sheer amount of carnage and extreme violence packed into 4Mb (so far) of flashy goodness! It's gonna take some time loading so I ported a dos game to 25kb and threw it in for people to play while the game loads. YO DAWG, I HERD YOU LIKE GAMES, SO WE PUT A GAME IN YOUR GAME SO YOU CAN PLAY WHILE IT LOADS.

Secondly is this crazy-ass project that I started while drunk enough to challenge Zangief to a Lucha Libre Royale. Now that I've started, I really dont see a need to stop until it's complete.

This one's not a large-scale project like NSD, but it sure as hell is educational. I've basically been using this game as an ideas field for field-testing events and to add stuff that would look out of place in NSD. Like smartphones and guns an' stuff. Long story short, I was stuck in a dev-loop of "This will work great in NSD!" *CLICK* [update NSD] "This will work great in VSD!"*CLICK*[update VSD] "This will work great in NSD!" -rinse and repeat.

Since there's a new drive for audio from local talent, I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask some musicians to compose the scores for this game. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

Well, that's that from me - and usually this is the part where I sign off. But you know, it's 4/20, so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANEGASAKI NENE!

YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT NOW, WERE YA?! HUH? HUH???!!!

3 years before I made an account on newgrounds, I was quite active in a small, out of the way forum that wanted to be the very best in RPG making like no one ever was. I'd use a similarly obscure program to create custom resources for RPG Maker 2000/2003. It is now 13 years since... and I'll just throw this thing I did way back then.

Hm, maybe I should take up pixel art again. Damn, I feel young again.

Cheers to @ChazDude for reminding me!

Because damn, what a whirlwind holiday season. Playing secret santa at four communities at once is no easy task. It was a lot of fun; despite the fact that I comically bungled up at least three of the secret santa plans. I ended up being busy for well over the week I had set aside for assembling the christmas card and drawing the character art.

Whoops.

So I ended up with this. 

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/686718

This time, I got the music player done JUUUUUUUUUUST right, and thew in a far more advanced random dialog generator that doesn't use a frame for a dialog chunk - one of the main limitations of the experimental MLP sim date. I'll be using these methods to make even more games, so look forward to that!

Moving on, I came back to newgrounds only to find out all the ads had vanished - some kind soul had gifted me supporter status! I don't know who you are, but thank you for the christmas present! Okay, so it blew up the art portal. But you know what? I ain't even mad. 

Next up... back in 2004 I tried getting a geocities webpage like the rest of the up-and-coming newbs on the internet, but alas, I couldn't figure out what html was *laugh track*. Geocities died in 2009, but the dream lived on. So, come 2017 and I've set up shop in neocities. Okay, so as of writing, it's one of those 'under construction' templates that plagued the internet back in its heyday, but I'll put something there!

With that outta the way, time for me to get to work! See you next game!

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Havent been online for 2 weeks or so. Shit went down IRL. Now that IRL shit has been jackhammered into oblivion, I'm back. Of course, I'll be releasing the newest sex kitten game and some swayze extra goods in a week or so. Look forward to it!

A special thanks everyone who sent me mail - it's nice to know folks out here on the 'net care more than the morons IRL who sprung this shit on me. You know who you are, and you are AWESOME. Don't you ever forget that.

Clock Day has come and gone, and working on BB10's Friendship Adventure - a frenetic last-minute project thought up while extremely inebriated has really shaken off the feeling of exhaustion and burnout that had overcome me these past few weeks.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/679630

Speaking of that, I tried adding medals in the game for the first time - removing the old preloader to make room for the NGAPI powered preloader.

Little did I know that would break the entire game, spamming everyone who got a gameover with medals. Whoops. Chalk it up to early installment weirdness, right? Props for the folks who got back to me right away regarding the problem. The problem's been fix'd now so you won't get that trouble.

Game devs take note: Don't remove stuff while sleep-deprieved and/or drunk.

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In other news, you all remember that Newgrounds Swimsuit Competition I held earlier this summer, right? Well, now it's time to reveal the NEFARIOUS PLAN OF EVIL behind it all.

I needed NPCs for the City Beach.

Lol.

@FoAngel

@CaptKirky

@SocialistClock

@Radaketor

MY EVIL PLAN WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! MWAHAHAHHAHA! *twirls imaginary moustache of evil*

BEHOLD! I HAVE MADE... THIS THING!

What is it?

I DON'T KNOW!

... or, at least a progress report.

The assembly of my new PC is so nearly complete. This, along with the refurbishing and moving of the home electronics has finally freed up seven more GLORIOUS hours of free time! (Its like finding oil, uranium and diamonds all at once, damn!) And with that, I present to you the latest goings on in the story of Negima Sim Date.

First off are some screencaps from Negima Sim Date, showcasing NPC interaction and dialog outputs. 

Here we have Asuna, right after the tutorial battle, doing her best impression of the Spanish Inquisition. CONFESS! CONFESS! CONFESS!

Next up, we have the super-shy Miyazaki Nodoka being her adorkable, nervous self. I had to level her up to Student or else she'd always run off without talking to you.

Next up, we have a character viewer - you can tell that the thing's patched together from an early beta by the way the displays are all weirded out, right? It doubles as the game's relationship tracker, replacing the stationary mirror used by MLP sim date.

In the case you're interested in writing/donating dialogue for the characters, here's a quick summary of the characters in question.

Kagurazaka Asuna
The resident heterochromia packing numbnut who likes older men, specifically Takahata-sensei. She has a temper problem and often goes into tourettes-level fury when she gets mad. Very strong. Has a rivalry with class rep, Yukihiro Ayaka.

Miyazaki Nodoka
A quiet, shy girl that's painfully, boringly cliche' until you call her Honya. Then she SNAPS and KILLS YOU DEAD while SHITTING DOWN YOUR CHIMNEY. She is soft-spoken, and dislikes rude jokes. She sometimes pranks Asuna and Konoka.

Ayase Yue
A deadpan slacker who's IQ level is over 9000. Do not, under any circumstances, try to convince her that she needs to study more. She will jam a test tube of her weirdest, latest concoctions RIGHT UP YOUR POOPER. Likes smoking Chiyo Bud, and is a connoisseur of other mind-altering substances. Doesn't talk much and is very sarcastic.

Yukihiro Ayaka
A big-chested blonde bombshell who's so much into younger men that it'd make catholic priests blush. Unfortunately for you, she has you in her sights and she will find a way to get you in between the sheets with her. A reserved, quiet girl who often acts as the ojousama she is. Enjoys perverted jokes, and has a rivalry with Asuna. Has a sweet demeanor that is very, very creepy. Enjoys peeping on YOU.

Sakurazaki Setsuna
A quiet, cool girl who is not interested in you. She's got her eyes on Konoka Konoe, and if you do try to get in the way, you'll find yourself facing her deadly sword technique. Not much of a talker, she prefers to let her devastating sword techniques speak for her. Her sword techniques can slice through any physical armor. When she does get angry, she makes clear, simple threats before thrashing you.

Evangeline McDowell
A blond little girl(yeah, right) who seems to know exactly who you are. She is refined and cool, but tends to talk like a yakuza. Extremely vicious when pulled into a fight, she is surprisingly strong regardless of her small size. Prefers extreme violence as a battle tactic. She can also send her fangirl/servant Chachamaru after you. Taunts a lot.

Konoka Konoe
A cheerful, stereotypical genki girl with a dark side. Try pressing her to get married, and she'll pack on some serious hurt, or sic Setsuna on you like some sort of mafia boss. Likes getting wasted, playing pranks on Asuna and browsing Forkheads' picturedump threads.

Chachamaru
Another stereotype, a robotic girl who seems to be almost completely emotionless. Completely loyal to Evangeline at first. She does not speak much, rather preferring simple sentences. She becomes talkative later on.  

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Finally, the latest from the changelog...

9:37 AM 13-Jul-16
Version: v0.0.131a
Fixed a major bug in Nodoka's Event List.
Added Nodoka's Second Major Mission - "Private Lesson"
If you have over 39 Wit/Charm, you'll get a better reward from it.
Reinforced telefrag prevention subroutines.
Added some OJJ-donated convos.

10:07 PM 09-Jul-16
Version: v0.0.129a
Fixed some spawn bugs with miniquests.
Added Good Friend Dialog (16 short convos, 5 questions, 1 fight.)
Added 2 miniquests for Good Friend.

4:02 AM 08-Jul-16
Version: v0.0.128a
Added "New Friend" Nodoka dialog (16 short convos, 4 questions and 1 fight(HONYAA!!!))
Your base stats now affect mini-quests.
STR: For lifting weights and travelling.
KNOWLEDGE: For science experiments and research.
MAGIC: Spying and Placing/Stealing items.
WIT/CHARM: For distracting and fast-talking.
Added miniquest 1: Book Courier.
TELEFRAG PREVENTION! (Needs a new save game for it to work properly if playing an earlier version.)
Added miniquest 2: Pranking Time! - Konoka
Added miniquest 3: Pranking Time! - Asuna
Level up function - Good Friend is complete.

That's the latest buzz on what's happening with NSD.