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mrcharles

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About mrcharles

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #8346254

    Guessing that someone arguing from an obvious position of privilege is a white guy is only a racist stereotype if you believe reverse racism exists.

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    Comment #8344743

    It's a debunking of 'reverse racism'.

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    Comment #8344730

    And yet in this case, it's not being bigoted to suggest that white guys complaining that people want inclusiveness is a bad thing is an invalid opinion. It would be like tall peopl…

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    Comment #8344714

    Truly, games are doomed.

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    Comment #8342953

    > That's a racist stereotype https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M

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    Comment #8342943

    You are right, the only fun games have grimdark bald white guys with stubble.

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    Comment #8342930

    Privilege does not mean you have had a problem free life. It means you haven't had to deal with certain things that other people have to deal with. If you are a white dude, you've …

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    Comment #8342903

    Platforms have denied games and game content for well over a decade now and games seem to be doing just fine thanks. I'm unsure which popular and lucrative options are being remove…

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    Comment #8342476

    When they are arguing from a position of privilege that they should be prioritized against wishes of disenfranchised groups? Frankly, yes. Yes it does.

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    Comment #8342475

    Well, I'd like you to know that most professional game developers feel very strongly on these topics, and they feel that inclusiveness and diversity are good things. In fact, what …

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    Comment #8342375

    Well this statement: "Just make your game fun, challenging or whatever your goal is and have fun making it." Sounds very much like "don't worry about inclusiveness, games should be…

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    Comment #8342313

    Good news! No one is ever going to stop a game from being made.

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    Comment #8342306

    "Won't someone please think of the white dudes!"

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    Comment #8342289

    I downvoted you because you misunderstood the point of that section of the article. It's not about 'offending' people, it's about consistently and invisibly leaving people out. It'…

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    Comment #8337355

    Cause he's going to be CTO instead.

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    Comment #8257343

    About to go make a Batsh batcher so I can call it batshit.

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    Comment #8040006

    This will be a great feature for 2011!

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    Comment #7967625

    Pretty neat! I plugged in my rocksmith cable and it just works. One thing though, it needs some kind of calibration. The tiniest bit of string noise and the lessons shoot off witho…

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    Comment #7805195

    [CITATION NEEDED]

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    Comment #7805039

    Yup. Unpaid crowdsourced unverified 'news' is all that ireport.cnn.com does, and apparently a majority of the internet can't distinguish that kind of garbage from actual reporting.…

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    Comment #7733248

    Unfortunately, that isn't an option at all, because the one time they are skeptical wrongly can result in bad shit. The same way that the fire department has to respond to every si…

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    Comment #7674257

    Poutine is a meal.

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    Comment #7627583

    Possibly true in the US; but in Canada where we get stuck paying bullshit exchange rate premiums all the time, I can still usually save a bit of money. Just recently I bought some …

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    Comment #7625615

    Honestly, Amazon has a lot to offer even beyond "No Tax". And I say this as a Canadian who has had to pay taxes and duties on amazon orders since day 1. People may gripe about it f…

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