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mrcharles
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About mrcharles
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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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