The Cutting Room Floor
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| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Release Year | 2002 (Blog) - 2010 (Wiki) |
| Product Type | Website, Video Game Archiving |
| In Production | Yes |
| Official Website | https://tcrf.net |
The Cutting Room Floor (TCRF) is a website dedicated to the cataloguing of unused content and leftover debugging material in video games.[1] Launched as a blog in 2002 then reworked as a wiki in 2010, it was and still is cited as a source of unused video game content.
The site is owned and administrated by Xkeeper (Rachel Mae, formely known as Alexander Todd Workman)[2].
Consumer impact summary
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this website. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the The Cutting Room Floor category.
Harrasment on their userbase
On June 1st, the website administration celebrated Pride month with an assortment of LGBTQ+ logo variants.[3] A few long-time contributors voiced their concerns on this subject, one instance was from Jo Li on the main talk page of the site[3]. However, instead of civilly discussing over it, they received derogatory comments making fun of their opinions, finishing off with a permanent ban.[3]
This is in contrast to their at least two of their rules of conduct:
- Be polite.
- Assume good faith.
Other users have been permanently banned on Discord after voicing their concerns. They have since locked down any invites to their server.
The administrators have been actively monitoring incoming connections. As of June 8th, they have done the following:
Ban of Tor and VPN users
Users connecting using Tor or a VPN are forbidded to access the content of the site, with the pretext of combating an ongoing DDOS attack.[4]
Ban of users with specific referral ID
IP-Banning users who have a referral ID coming from https://kiwifarms.st and https://www.4chan.org. In addition, users banned from this also receives a cookie without their express consent. This is potentially in violation of the GDPR[5], stating:
- Strictly necessary cookies — These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Cookies that allow web shops to hold your items in your cart while you are shopping online are an example of strictly necessary cookies. These cookies will generally be first-party session cookies. While it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, what they do and why they are necessary should be explained to the user.
- Statistics cookies — Also known as “performance cookies,” these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
Openly sharing IP addresses
The owner of the website posted on a now deleted Mastodon the idea of sending gzip bombs to offending users. However, he didn't hide any IP addresses from the logs. It is fair to assume that, considering the blocking of Tor and VPNs, the owner keeps logs of normal IPs and could potentially use these for unethical purposes.
See also
References
- ↑ "The Explorers: The gaming archaeologists digging through the code you were never meant to see". Edge. 16 Dec 2013. Archived from the original on 18 Feb 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ↑ "Alexander Workman in Federal Way, WA (Washington)". FastPeopleSearch.com. 8 Jun 2025. Retrieved 8 Jun 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "This Isn't Why I Came Here". The Cutting Room Floor. 1 Jun 2025. Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2025. Retrieved 8 Jun 2025.
- ↑ "403 Forbidden". The Cutting Room Floor. 8 Jun 2025. Archived from the original on 7 Jun 2025. Retrieved 8 Jun 2025.
- ↑ "Cookies, the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Directive". gdpr.eu. 18 Nov 2019. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 8 Jun 2025.