"Yes, they actually censored themselves"

I can answer why is that. In the forums of Gamefaqs, there was a rule that you shouldn't use any cuss word, no matter the context. However, there was no script to detect if you were typing any naughty word, so nothing can stop you in writing what you wanted, you'll just get a notification by a mod later when he reads your message.

So, if you wanted to be "explicit" in your sentence, you need to find workarounds to type what you want to say, like using another word (like fricking) or just using apostrophes (like ****. I also think not censoring the first letter is safe to type, like f***).

You know what they say. The more things change…