Just wanted to share. I love indie games, support your indie devs.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.ca/c/linuxphones@piefed.ca/p/832312/f-droid-has-my-condolences

Pay the $25 ransom little devs or else!

For reference:

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

Also, this was Sony during the PS4 era:

If you're going to get expensive hardware and be digital only, might as well go PC while you can. The money you save not having to pay PS Plus to play with friends would add up quick. Not to mention open source, privacy respecting options, no need to be online, modding, more welcoming communities, emulation, etc. If you want a console experience, you can use something like Bazzite or SteamOS.

Official response from EU Commission after attending invite only party hosted by lobbyists, attended by Ubisoft and other corpos

https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/document/download/75d642bc-6ff5-4713-b1cf-14f4aaf15869_en?filename=C_2026_4110_EN.pdf

Open letter from SKG addressing EU Commision (aka industry/lobbyist talking points)

https://x.com/StopKilingGames/status/2062131784926519424

Video from YongYea if you'd like to listen to the situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15hYar2g3T8

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/65883461

Reckless Ben - Bricks and Minifigs - Corporate and Police Coverup Bonanza

Share this everywhere, please help the Mansell family in any way you can. This should be a slam dunk case. I'll try and keep this updated as videos drop.

• Part 1, setting the stage, corporate steals lego collection that was to be sold and used for medical expenses for the collector.

• Bricks and Minifigs (BAM) Corporate PR statement

• Leaked BAM corporate email to franchise owners

• Former BAM franchise owners Benjamin and Chrystal Gorman, speak out with evidence

• Part 2 has been released on YouTube. Police targeting Ben, redacting audio illegally, etc

• BAM CEO goes on livestream and promises to answer Ben's questions. He, predictably, dodges, lies, and presents no evidence.

• American Fork Police Chief, imo, outright lying based on the video evidence we've seen so far.

• Ben's response to the lying police department

• Ben talks over the case with The Civil Rights Lawyer on YouTube Part 1

• Response from Patreon in regards to BAM trying to takedown Ben's Patreon page (in an attempt to cut off Ben's income so he can't afford lawyers.)

• Leaked, previously redacted bodycam footage of sniveling bitch Joshua Johnson.

• Several updates making things even messier, questions around Ben's small claims judgements, questions around value of lego collection, BAM partners distancing themselves.

• Legal Eagle's review of the situation

• Copyright Lawyer Leonard French's overview of the case

• Leonard French Part 2 including RICO charges

• Part 2 with The Civil Rights Lawyer, interview with Tyler Shaw

• Coffeezilla rightly points out vigilantes doing nothing but harm. Protest American Fork PD, BAM corporate, JJ and BB. Not unaffiliated franchises.

• BAM leaves JJ and BB out to dry.

• Part 3 is blocked due to the courts being biased

• Cucks at GoFundMe took down Reckless Ben's fundraiser to help the Mansell family.

• Part 2 of Legal Eagle's review

Support the creators, Reckless Ben, for the amazing and exhausting work going into all of this, funds go to legal fees and helping the Mansell family who were victims of theft by BAM corporate, and the American Fork, UT police coverup.

https://westealfromoldpeople.com/

Key people:

Those who need your support:

• Bryan Mansell: The collector whose family allegedly consigned the Star Wars LEGO collection to the Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs store. His family is the one allegedly left without the full collection or proper payment.

• Reckless Ben / Ben Schneider: The YouTube creator who entered the story after the Mansell family reached out. His tactics were provocative and legally risky in places, but they turned the dispute into a national controversy. His exposé so far should be treated as a template, in my opinion, for exposing these greedy, inhuman corporations. Thanks Reagan.

• Mansell’s Father: The 83-year-old collector who helped build the collection over many years. Due to recent developments in his health, he cannot be unduly stressed as it could be dangerous. His son, with his blessing, was attempting to sell his collection to aid in medical costs (fuck the American healthcare scam, Universal Healthcare let's go). However, because of these developments, Bryan can't even inform his father for worry of aggravating his condition.

• Chrystal Law-Gorman And Benjamin Gorman: The original Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs franchise operators. They reportedly signed the consignment agreement, handled the collection for months and paid Mansell his share before the store takeover dispute. They have recently put forth evidence that the consignment was allowed according to the franchise agreement they signed as well as they have security camera recordings of BAM corporate agreeing to take on the consignment which is in clear contradictiom to BAM's claims.

Name and Shame

• BAM Franchising: The corporate parent/franchisor behind Bricks & Minifigs. BAM’s role matters because the company allegedly stepped into the store transition and later argued that the consignment was unauthorized. The company has claimed that everything Ben has shown are lies without putting forth any evidence of their own.

• Ammon McNeff: CEO of BAM Franchising and the main corporate face of the controversy. His response is central to the leadership criticism because he appears to have focused on distancing corporate from responsibility instead of making Mansell whole. He has outright lied on camera in several instances according to the information presented by Ben.

• Matt McNeff: COO of BAM Franchising and Ammon McNeff’s brother. He is part of the corporate leadership structure behind the Bricks & Minifigs franchise system.

• Ki McAllister: Executive Project Manager at BAM Franchising. Security camera footage and recorded phonecalls show that, on behalf of BAM, he accepted the consignment and threatened to use legal pressure to silence the previous owners.

• Brandon Best: One of the post-transition operators tied to Baker Bricks. He is important because the dispute centers on what happened to the store inventory after the takeover and who controlled the remaining consigned sets. He was present in the security camera footage when the former owners mentioned the consignment as he hurried them out of the location. He held the phone in the security footage while Ki McAllister agreed to take on the consignment as part of the ownership transfer.

• Joshua Johnson: The other post-transition operator tied to Baker Bricks and American Fork, Utah. He became a major focus after Reckless Ben’s attempts to contact and serve him led to repeated American Fork police involvement. Allegedly, given the evidence Ben presents, convinced the police to arrest Ben for stealing the legos, in which the police execute a search and raid on the residence and arrest all of Ben's friends and himself while present despite finding no evidence of theft.

• Baker Bricks LLC: The entity tied to Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson after the store transition. Its role matters because it appears connected to the new operation that took over the store after BAM’s intervention.

• American Fork Police: The Utah police department that became part of the story after repeated interventions involving Ben’s attempts to contact, serve and publicly pressure Joshua Johnson. Their conduct is now one of the most troubling parts of the controversy because it appears biased and retaliatory.

Putting this at the top for idiots saying "BuT I sEe No CoNtRaCt?" It's a matter of public record, trials have open doors. But here's a repo of what's currently been made available:

https://bamsucks.com/

Share this everywhere, please help the Mansell family in any way you can. This should be a slam dunk case. I'll try and keep this updated as videos drop.

Ben's Videos:

• Part 1, setting the stage, corporate steals lego collection that was to be sold and used for medical expenses for the collector.

• Ben talks about the situation on his second channel

• Ben goes over Bricks and Minifigs (BAM) Corporate PR statement

• Ben responds to leaked BAM corporate email to franchise owners

• BAM CEO goes on livestream and promises to answer Ben's questions. He, predictably, dodges, lies, and presents no evidence.

• Ben talks about the store reopening on google's listing

• Part 2 has been released on YouTube. Police targeting Ben, redacting audio illegally, etc

• Ben's response to the lying police department

• Ben going over the unredacted footage

• Ben answers some questions from the community

• Part 3 is blocked due to the courts being biased

Supporting videos/articles from/of those involved:

• Former BAM franchise owners Benjamin and Chrystal Gorman, speak out with evidence

• American Fork Police Chief, imo, outright lying based on the video evidence we've seen so far.

• Response from Patreon in regards to BAM trying to takedown Ben's Patreon page (in an attempt to cut off Ben's income so he can't afford lawyers.)

• Leaked, previously redacted bodycam footage of sniveling bitch Joshua Johnson.

• BAM leaves JJ and BB out to dry.

• Cucks at GoFundMe took down Reckless Ben's fundraiser to help the Mansell family.

• American Fork council meeting that includes individuals calling out the police department misconduct

• American Fork council meeting part 2

The Civil Rights Lawyer Videos:

• Ben talks over the case with The Civil Rights Lawyer on YouTube Part 1

• Part 2 with The Civil Rights Lawyer, interview with Tyler Shaw

• Part 3 with The Civil Rights Lawyer, further interview, going over drug traffic stop

Legal Eagle Videos:

• Legal Eagle's review of the situation

• Part 2 of Legal Eagle's review

• Part 3 of Legal Eagle going over the charges against Ben

• Legal Eagle goes over the Coffeezilla investigation

Leonard French's Videos:

• Copyright Lawyer Leonard French's overview of the case

• Leonard French Part 2 including RICO charges

• Leonard French going over Patreon response

• Leonard French going over BAM PR release

• Leonard French going over police misconduct

• Leonard French going over the new suit against Ben that's gagging him

Clearly Established Videos:

• Clearly Established goes over AFPD's effectively harrasment

• Clearly Established goes over Ben's arrest warrant and how dubious it is

• Clearly Established goes over the AFPD's raid

• Clearly Established goes over the order to gag Ben and how the judge's order may violate the 1st amendment and chills speech

MoistCr1tikal/penguinz0 Videos:

• Charlie's Part 1 Overview

• Charlie covering BAM response

• Charlie covering updates from ex-franchise owners

• Charlie's Part 2 Overview

• Charlie going over American Fork PD bullshit response

• Charlie responding to Patreon CEO giving the middle finger to BAM

• Charlie covering several updates making things even messier, questions around Ben's small claims judgements, questions around value of lego collection, BAM partners distancing themselves.

• Charlie covering lego vigilantism making things worse

• Charlie going over the American gag order to protect corporate criminals

Coffeezilla/Voidzilla Videos:

• Coffeezilla rightly points out vigilantes doing nothing but harm. Protest American Fork PD, BAM corporate, JJ and BB. Not unaffiliated franchises.

• Coffeezilla says he's found the Legos

SomeOrdinaryGamers Videos:

• Muta going over Parts 1 and 2 so far

• Muta going over the American PD gag order protecting corporate criminals

MARKIE videos:

• Markie covers franchise and BAM responses

• Markie covers the American Fork PD response

• Markie covers police footage being released

• Markie covers more unredacted footage

• Markie covers gag order and American Fork residents calling for transparency

Support the creators, Reckless Ben, for the amazing and exhausting work going into all of this, funds go to legal fees and helping the Mansell family who were victims of theft by BAM corporate, and the American Fork, UT police coverup.

https://westealfromoldpeople.com/

Key people:

Those who need your support:

• Bryan Mansell: The collector whose family allegedly consigned the Star Wars LEGO collection to the Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs store. His family is the one allegedly left without the full collection or proper payment.

• Reckless Ben / Ben Schneider: The YouTube creator who entered the story after the Mansell family reached out. His tactics were provocative and legally risky in places, but they turned the dispute into a national controversy. His exposé so far should be treated as a template, in my opinion, for exposing these greedy, inhuman corporations. Thanks Reagan.

• Mansell’s Father: The 83-year-old collector who helped build the collection over many years. Due to recent developments in his health, he cannot be unduly stressed as it could be dangerous. His son, with his blessing, was attempting to sell his collection to aid in medical costs (fuck the American healthcare scam, Universal Healthcare let's go). However, because of these developments, Bryan can't even inform his father for worry of aggravating his condition.

• Chrystal Law-Gorman And Benjamin Gorman: The original Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs franchise operators. They reportedly signed the consignment agreement, handled the collection for months and paid Mansell his share before the store takeover dispute. They have recently put forth evidence that the consignment was allowed according to the franchise agreement they signed as well as they have security camera recordings of BAM corporate agreeing to take on the consignment which is in clear contradictiom to BAM's claims.

Name and Shame

• BAM Franchising: The corporate parent/franchisor behind Bricks & Minifigs. BAM’s role matters because the company allegedly stepped into the store transition and later argued that the consignment was unauthorized. The company has claimed that everything Ben has shown are lies without putting forth any evidence of their own.

• Ammon McNeff: CEO of BAM Franchising and the main corporate face of the controversy. His response is central to the leadership criticism because he appears to have focused on distancing corporate from responsibility instead of making Mansell whole. He has outright lied on camera in several instances according to the information presented by Ben.

• Matt McNeff: COO of BAM Franchising and Ammon McNeff’s brother. He is part of the corporate leadership structure behind the Bricks & Minifigs franchise system.

• Ki McAllister: Executive Project Manager at BAM Franchising. Security camera footage and recorded phonecalls show that, on behalf of BAM, he accepted the consignment and threatened to use legal pressure to silence the previous owners.

• Brandon Best: One of the post-transition operators tied to Baker Bricks. He is important because the dispute centers on what happened to the store inventory after the takeover and who controlled the remaining consigned sets. He was present in the security camera footage when the former owners mentioned the consignment as he hurried them out of the location. He held the phone in the security footage while Ki McAllister agreed to take on the consignment as part of the ownership transfer.

• Joshua Johnson: The other post-transition operator tied to Baker Bricks and American Fork, Utah. He became a major focus after Reckless Ben’s attempts to contact and serve him led to repeated American Fork police involvement. Allegedly, given the evidence Ben presents, convinced the police to arrest Ben for stealing the legos, in which the police execute a search and raid on the residence and arrest all of Ben's friends and himself while present despite finding no evidence of theft.

• Baker Bricks LLC: The entity tied to Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson after the store transition. Its role matters because it appears connected to the new operation that took over the store after BAM’s intervention.

• American Fork Police: The Utah police department that became part of the story after repeated interventions involving Ben’s attempts to contact, serve and publicly pressure Joshua Johnson. Their conduct is now one of the most troubling parts of the controversy because it appears biased and retaliatory.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/65067336

Share this everywhere, please help the Mansell family in any way you can. This should be a slam dunk case. I'll try and keep this updated as videos drop.

Bricks and Minifigs (BAM) Corporate PR statement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWg2bnAqW6k

Leaked BAM corporate email to franchise owners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUHGBaF04E

Former BAM franchise owners Benjamin and Chrystal Gorman, speak out with evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedmOopRTm0

Part 2 has been released on YouTube. Police targeting Ben, redacting audio illegally, etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxZPfj8AlmY

BAM CEO goes on livestream and promises to answer Ben's questions. He, predictably, dodges, lies, and presents no evidence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAh9eh3KjrU

American Fork Police Chief, imo, outright lying based on the video evidence we've seen so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcVmSQpIPRY

Support the creators, Reckless Ben, for the amazing and exhausting work going into all of this, funds go to legal fees and helping the Mansell family who were victims of theft by BAM corporate, and the American Fork, UT police coverup.

https://westealfromoldpeople.com/

Key people:

Those who need your support:

• Bryan Mansell: The collector whose family allegedly consigned the Star Wars LEGO collection to the Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs store. His family is the one allegedly left without the full collection or proper payment.

• Reckless Ben / Ben Schneider: The YouTube creator who entered the story after the Mansell family reached out. His tactics were provocative and legally risky in places, but they turned the dispute into a national controversy. His exposé so far should be treated as a template, in my opinion, for exposing these greedy, inhuman corporations. Thanks Reagan.

• Mansell’s Father: The 83-year-old collector who helped build the collection over many years. Due to recent developments in his health, he cannot be unduly stressed as it could be dangerous. His son, with his blessing, was attempting to sell his collection to aid in medical costs (fuck the American healthcare scam, Universal Healthcare let's go). However, because of these developments, Bryan can't even inform his father for worry of aggravating his condition.

• Chrystal Law-Gorman And Benjamin Gorman: The original Salem-Keizer Bricks & Minifigs franchise operators. They reportedly signed the consignment agreement, handled the collection for months and paid Mansell his share before the store takeover dispute. They have recently put forth evidence that the consignment was allowed according to the franchise agreement they signed as well as they have security camera recordings of BAM corporate agreeing to take on the consignment which is in clear contradictiom to BAM's claims.

Name and Shame

• BAM Franchising: The corporate parent/franchisor behind Bricks & Minifigs. BAM’s role matters because the company allegedly stepped into the store transition and later argued that the consignment was unauthorized. The company has claimed that everything Ben has shown are lies without putting forth any evidence of their own.

• Ammon McNeff: CEO of BAM Franchising and the main corporate face of the controversy. His response is central to the leadership criticism because he appears to have focused on distancing corporate from responsibility instead of making Mansell whole. He has outright lied on camera in several instances according to the information presented by Ben.

• Matt McNeff: COO of BAM Franchising and Ammon McNeff’s brother. He is part of the corporate leadership structure behind the Bricks & Minifigs franchise system.

• Ki McAllister: Executive Project Manager at BAM Franchising. Security camera footage and recorded phonecalls show that, on behalf of BAM, he accepted the consignment and threatened to use legal pressure to silence the previous owners.

• Brandon Best: One of the post-transition operators tied to Baker Bricks. He is important because the dispute centers on what happened to the store inventory after the takeover and who controlled the remaining consigned sets. He was present in the security camera footage when the former owners mentioned the consignment as he hurried them out of the location. He held the phone in the security footage while Ki McAllister agreed to take on the consignment as part of the ownership transfer.

• Joshua Johnson: The other post-transition operator tied to Baker Bricks and American Fork, Utah. He became a major focus after Reckless Ben’s attempts to contact and serve him led to repeated American Fork police involvement. Allegedly, given the evidence Ben presents, convinced the police to arrest Ben for stealing the legos, in which the police execute a search and raid on the residence and arrest all of Ben's friends and himself while present despite finding no evidence of theft.

• Baker Bricks LLC: The entity tied to Brandon Best and Joshua Johnson after the store transition. Its role matters because it appears connected to the new operation that took over the store after BAM’s intervention.

• American Fork Police: The Utah police department that became part of the story after repeated interventions involving Ben’s attempts to contact, serve and publicly pressure Joshua Johnson. Their conduct is now one of the most troubling parts of the controversy because it appears biased and retaliatory.