How? 404 only asks for email as an AI deterent, and you can opt out of anything up front. Good journalism costs money, and ad impressions to humans pays while AI traffic costs. Maybe you do your job for free?

I remember this game being promoted by a gaming article that popped up in my news feeds a few months ago. Beware of free games. Not saying they're all scams but it's worth your time to vet the authenticity. What are their motivations? What's their development history? How do they intend to make money? And if they don't intend to make money and it's not FOSS, what's in it for them? Steam charges a fee for publishing before you've even made a dime, so free games cost the developer more than just their development effort.

oh no, they know that someone somewhere exists with a throwaway protonmail account. muh privacy.