Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

---

Try Rocket Money for free: RocketMoney.com/bellular #rocketmoney #personalfinance. Sponsored by Rocket Money.
Visa and Mastercard forced Steam to remove legal games. The US government just confronted them. Some are even celebrating. But that's not really what's going on.

Join us at http://bellular.games for early access content, 20 editions of 'Loading Screen' a month and to support our team!

00:00 - The Fight
00:42 - The Interference
04:48 - The FTC Letter
06:40 - Risk Appetite
09:50 - Steam Already Complies
14:00 - The Only Fix

Sources:
kotaku.com/mastercard-denies-pressuring-steam-to-censor-nsfw-games-2000614393

https://aftermath.site/steam-itch-porn-censorship-collective-shout-visa-mastercard-paypal/

xbiz.com/news/297090/ftc-warns-paypal-stripe-visa-mastercard-against-debanking

whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/guaranteeing-fair-banking-for-all-americans

wired.com/story/operation-chokepoint-20-crypto-debanking-conspiracy

reuters.com/legal/transactional/just-35-complaints-debanking-cite-political-bias-despite-trump-order-2025-08-19

static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

gamedeveloper.com/business/how-will-project-2025-impact-game-developers-

https://bellular.games/loading-screen-the-ilegal-game-being-pulled-from-steam/

videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-steam-censors-lgbtq-content-on

youtube.com/watch?v=ls-eE8FVM8E