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Lars Doucet's Comments

Comment In: Microsoft's official stance on used games for Xbox One [News - 06/06/2013 - 06:28]

I sure am glad that ...

I sure am glad that Publishers now get to decide what I can and can 't do with what used to be something-not-unlike-my-own-property

Comment In: Examining the Pipeline: Demographics of Undergraduate Students Studying Games [Blog - 06/04/2013 - 12:43]

I assume PoC People of ...

I assume PoC People of Color r n r nI think one of the things that 's usually true is any sort of minority status that is immediately visibly obvious, and that you can 't hide, opens you up to more discrimination, across the board -- Skin color and Gender/Sex ...

Comment In: BazaarBot: An Open-Source Economics Engine [Blog - 06/03/2013 - 09:15]

Most definitely - you basically ...

Most definitely - you basically have the basics for a smuggling game right there, whether it 's something comparatively benign like avoiding taxes on Rum and Tea, or a bit more shady like running drugs or guns. r n r nI imagine you 'd implement this by creating a separate ...

Comment In: The Demo Is Dead [Blog - 06/03/2013 - 10:08]

@Caspian: r n r nRight. ...

@Caspian: r n r nRight. To be clear, I totally support your conclusion. I just think it 's interesting that we 've had such different experiences. My guess is the difference comes from platform downloadable vs. web , genre, and many other little variables. And of course, it remains to ...

Comment In: The Simulation Dream [Blog - 06/02/2013 - 04:09]

Wow, this article went up ...

Wow, this article went up nearly simultaneously with my writeup of a free-floating economic market simulator: r nhttp://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/LarsDoucet/20130603/193491/BazaarBot An OpenSource Economics Engine.php r n r nWhat you 've written here is basically the perfect before you get drunk on emergent complexity, please consider... counterpoint. Thanks for writing it

Comment In: Opinion: Let's Play crackdown is an attack on game culture [News - 05/30/2013 - 12:29]

The reddit thread is now ...

The reddit thread is now a wiki page : r nhttp://letsplaylist.wikia.com/wiki/ 22Let 27s Play 22-friendly developers Wiki Master List

Comment In: Xbox One preowned rumors batter GameStop shares [News - 05/24/2013 - 03:56]

If worst comes to worst, ...

If worst comes to worst, and Gamestop feels its back is up against a wall, what incentive does it have not to throw Microsoft under the bus and push Sony / Nintendo product instead r n r nRetail is on the way out as digital distribution takes over, but retail ...

Comment In: Xbox One is Microsoft's biggest play for living room domination [News - 05/21/2013 - 01:41]

Hilariously enough, I have Tourette ...

Hilariously enough, I have Tourette 's Syndrome so for me voice commands are not just useless but actually a de-feature. The last thing I want to do is have my console try to interpret random verbal outbursts as commands.

Comment In: Gamasutra Blog Guidelines - Updated and open for discussion [Blog - 05/20/2013 - 02:39]

Does this mean the feature ...

Does this mean the feature slot will be filled by a regular blog article that seems interesting and popular to the editors

Comment In: Nintendo cracks down on fan-made videos [News - 05/16/2013 - 03:48]

For what it 's worth, ...

For what it 's worth, we 're building a list of game studios that do allow monetized Let 's Plays over on this r/games reddit thread: r n r nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1egayn/lets build a list of game studios that allow/ r n r nWith citations/links to permission statements, of course.

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