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Christopher Plummer's Blog

I'm a gamer with kids and an industry veteran. I blog when I realize that my comment isn't really a comment anymore.

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Comment In: How I Used EVE Online to Predict the Great Recession [Blog - 04/05/2013 - 10:22]

What classifies something as a ...

What classifies something as a weak economy r n r nIn my experience supplies of virtual consumable resources are usually limited by time: r n- only a limited number of people can harvest a resource at a time r n- items have a fixed or bounded drop rate r n- ...

Comment In: SimCity vs SimCity 2000: My home town's traffic problems modelled [Blog - 04/02/2013 - 10:30]

@Mike r n r nWhy ...

@Mike r n r nWhy didn 't you build your hometown in SimCity IV Rush Hour That is the comparison I hear from most people, and it 's a 10 year old game will be this year .

Comment In: Opinion: SimCity launch debacle comes down to mismanaged expectations [News - 03/15/2013 - 10:52]

Good call. People should stop ...

Good call. People should stop trying to spin this to attack DRM. The developers wanted this, unfortunately they weren 't prepared for the leap from no-online to online. r n r n3 things that immediately come to mind: r n r n1 You 've got to crawl before you walk. ...

Comment In: Cloud: We Are Not Ready [Blog - 03/07/2013 - 12:42]

@Ron Dippold r n r ...

@Ron Dippold r n r nCustomers are right to demand a game that can be played offline, and some one else will capitalize on this. But Maxis is supplying a bigger demand, which is for more engaging gameplay experiences with others. r n r nWhen I played SimCity on Thursday ...

Comment In: Video: Gabe Newell's PC-centric vision of video games' future [News - 02/07/2013 - 01:57]

After listening to the talk, ...

After listening to the talk, I think I understand what the selling point of a steambox will be to a user like myself now. Gabe sees the future of the industry trending more towards revenue generating user-generated content UGC enabled by traditional Game developers, and sees the importance of bringing ...

Comment In: EA's CEO talks about violence, the Steam Box, and why Wii U isn't 'next-gen' [News - 01/31/2013 - 02:44]

I appreciate John 's Maurer ...

I appreciate John 's Maurer candor and I mostly agree with where he 's coming from. Unfortunately, the costs will continue to be high because everyone keeps fighting over the same slice of pie. r n r nI don 't believe the consoles are the problem though. The Wii, the ...

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