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Simon Ludgate's Comments

Comment In: RPG Systems, and two Schools of thought [Blog - 03/10/2013 - 07:57]

Well, I think there 's ...

Well, I think there 's a difference between Gygaxian D D and the Gygaxian ideal for what D D should be. Gygax was clearly driven towards the type of rules complete system that 4th Edition represents. r n r nDiscussing the original split between D D and AD D: Almost ...

Comment In: SimCity's launch debacle and the specter of DRM [Blog - 03/07/2013 - 04:21]

I suppose the follow-up headline ...

I suppose the follow-up headline would be: r n r nEA doesn 't care what people say so long as they keep forking over cash.

Comment In: What we really need is a free-to-play game jam [Blog - 02/28/2013 - 09:04]

I think there is a ...

I think there is a mistake or misconception here. A bad freemium model isn 't one that limits the experience, but one that exploits the user. A good model isn 't one that gives you everything instantly, but one that respects you as a player and a human being rather ...

Comment In: Blizzard re-enters console market with Diablo III [News - 02/20/2013 - 08:35]

I find it hard to ...

I find it hard to imagine that Blizzard will allow Diablo III to be played offline on PS4 when they didn 't on PC. I 'm pretty confident the console version will have the same always-connected requirement. Especially with the RMAH and Sony 's push for social connectivity.

Comment In: Analysis: Sony looks to PS4 to reverse its fortunes [News - 02/20/2013 - 09:05]

Yeah, the care is in ...

Yeah, the care is in the exclusivity, as Ron Dipplod points out, more than the game itself. Sony held Final Fantasy exclusivity for a while various PC releases notwithstanding , until the XBox 360 came out and FFXIII was announced for both major platforms. That title was seen with scorn ...

Comment In: Ubisoft now selling competitors' games through Uplay expansion [News - 02/19/2013 - 12:07]

There 's a set of ...

There 's a set of folks who like the Uplay service. r n r nThis reminds me of that Saturday Night Live skit, where they announce improbable headlines and then ask REALLY r n r nHumour aside though, it does make sense to open up the storefronts. Once you get ...

Comment In: What are video game previews for? [News - 02/19/2013 - 04:16]

Nobody wants to enter a ...

Nobody wants to enter a room of breathless, hopeful people who clearly represent an entire team of hardworking people and be the jerk asking the hard questions. Why would you want to be that jerk so early in the dev process What 's the point r n r nI would. ...

Comment In: Revisiting the Design of Civ 5 [Blog - 02/18/2013 - 11:23]

@Maria Jayne: if combined with ...

@Maria Jayne: if combined with my 7-tile-city idea, you could have 6 garrison 1UPT slots on the 6 outer tiles, and 1 storage infinite unit per tile slot in the middle, and units in the middle can 't act/attack until they deploy out of the central tile. r n r ...

Comment In: Gabe Newell's vision for Steam: More choice, more democracy, less Greenlight [News - 02/06/2013 - 03:14]

Another potential concern would be ...

Another potential concern would be whether or not the games purchased through Steam remain accessible through steam. If Steam just opens up as an API, who hosts the games If Valve still hosts them and there 's no approval process, what 's to stop some jerk from uploading a bajillion ...

Comment In: David Cage: Game industry has 'Peter Pan Syndrome' [News - 02/06/2013 - 03:02]

I really like this RSA ...

I really like this RSA animation about human behaviour and motivation, which argues in favour of mastery as a motivator: r n r nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch v u6XAPnuFjJc

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