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Derek French
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Producer, Beamdog, ex-BioWare

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May 27, 2000
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276 (Amateur)
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Re: Op Ed
Jun 8, 2023, 13:05
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Re: Op Ed Jun 8, 2023, 13:05
Jun 8, 2023, 13:05
 
Complaints about the cost of optional cosmetic items that don't affect gameplay.

Honestly, I love 95% of the article link clarifications that Blue posts.
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Re: What Is Gigabit Internet, and Does Anyone Really Need It
Mar 10, 2023, 13:13
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Re: What Is Gigabit Internet, and Does Anyone Really Need It Mar 10, 2023, 13:13
Mar 10, 2023, 13:13
 
Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 10, 2023, 12:36:
To quote Gary Oldman "EVERYONE!"

Seriously, gigabit should be the minimum speed at this point in 2023 in urban and suburban areas. When I went to South Korea 15 years ago, gigabit was the baseline and it was a pittance compared to what we vastly overpay for less than half that speed here in the States. It should also be symmetrical. I am constantly maxing out my upload bandwidth (a whopping 50Mbps) at 2am in the morning when I am doing backups offsite. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Flawless response. Excellent Oldman reference.
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Re: Evening Tech Bits
Feb 17, 2023, 00:28
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Re: Evening Tech Bits Feb 17, 2023, 00:28
Feb 17, 2023, 00:28
 
That driver download is a little crazy. I thought NVIDIA was getting out there with 500+ MB drivers, but the Intel one is just over 1 GB.
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Re: Natural Selection 2 Ceases Development
Feb 16, 2023, 13:17
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Re: Natural Selection 2 Ceases Development Feb 16, 2023, 13:17
Feb 16, 2023, 13:17
 
Subnautica 3 kplzthkx
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Re: Biz Buzz
Feb 15, 2023, 20:32
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Re: Biz Buzz Feb 15, 2023, 20:32
Feb 15, 2023, 20:32
 
I would love to hear the reason why, and what they plan to do for remote workers who were hired during the lockdown and have only worked remotely, who suddenly have to commute for several hours a day.
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Re: Steam Top 10
Feb 12, 2023, 16:14
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Re: Steam Top 10 Feb 12, 2023, 16:14
Feb 12, 2023, 16:14
 
Bill Borre wrote on Feb 12, 2023, 16:05:
@CrushBug Now that Baldur's Gate 3 is available to stream from Geforce Now I'd be curious as to any insight regarding interest at Beamdog to bring 1 and 2 to the service as well. I have both of these in my Steam library and would love to stream them.
Interesting. No plans right now, but I know the exact folks to ask.
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Re: Steam Top 10
Feb 12, 2023, 15:49
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Re: Steam Top 10 Feb 12, 2023, 15:49
Feb 12, 2023, 15:49
 
monstoor wrote on Feb 12, 2023, 15:14:
It would be nice to see Valve release a list where the various versions of the same game are consolidated!
Yeah. Or at least extend the list by N entries for when there are version duplications.

This comment was edited on Feb 12, 2023, 16:13.
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Re: Steam Top 10
Feb 12, 2023, 14:54
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Re: Steam Top 10 Feb 12, 2023, 14:54
Feb 12, 2023, 14:54
 
El Pit wrote on Feb 12, 2023, 13:42:
I haven't had any problems with Denuvo ever. The only "copy protection" that actually did screw up my OS was Starforce back in the day. It started with having scrambled sound from music cds and ended with my CD-ROM drive (or was it a DVD-ROM?) no longer being recognized by Windows.
Holy hell, Starforce. That was a PTSD flashback for me. Wow.
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Re: etc., etc.
Feb 2, 2023, 23:25
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Feb 2, 2023, 23:25
 
That time Among Us accidentally violated the Geneva Conventions
Oh, come on, who hasn't?
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Re: OotB: Like a bunny
Jan 22, 2023, 14:12
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Re: OotB: Like a bunny Jan 22, 2023, 14:12
Jan 22, 2023, 14:12
 
Single use coffee pods may not the best choice for the climate.

I visited a sister studio once, probably about 10 years ago, and they had a Keurig. I thought it was great, got to try different coffee blends. Wonderful. At the end of the day I went to the kitchen and noticed that the garbage can was full with empty pods. And not a small kitchen garbage can, a dedicated Rubbermaid Brute ~150 liter/40 gallon thing for Keurig pods only. I was stunned.
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Re: Evening Safety Dance
Jan 10, 2023, 21:09
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Re: Evening Safety Dance Jan 10, 2023, 21:09
Jan 10, 2023, 21:09
 
California e-ink platemaker exploited to track equipped cars.

Which is exactly what every security professional said would happen, right after it was announced.
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Re: Op Ed
Dec 16, 2022, 17:13
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Re: Op Ed Dec 16, 2022, 17:13
Dec 16, 2022, 17:13
 
yonder wrote on Dec 16, 2022, 16:06:
Dear Ubi, EA, Epic, and everyone else... Maybe try offering a *BETTER* service, not just a *DIFFERENT* (and usually obviously lesser) service.
That is exactly where EA failed with Origin. I think one of the core problems was that Origin was parked under the EA marketing arm, and not with a core technology group. So many decisions seem to have been made because it served marketing more, rather than the games or delivery.
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Re: ItB: Hosed
Dec 9, 2022, 10:53
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Re: ItB: Hosed Dec 9, 2022, 10:53
Dec 9, 2022, 10:53
 
C'mon Blue... you can do it!
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Re: CDPR Confirms Cyberpunk 2077 MP is Dead
Dec 6, 2022, 22:30
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Re: CDPR Confirms Cyberpunk 2077 MP is Dead Dec 6, 2022, 22:30
Dec 6, 2022, 22:30
 
Tipsy McStagger wrote on Dec 6, 2022, 13:20:
The female V is amazing... their delivery on everything is perfect. She really hit the feels in the heavy hitting parts of the game.

Male V is still great, but female V hit it out of the park.
Agreed.

Also, somehow I never heard that there was supposed to be MP? Like, I completely missed it, so this was the first I had heard of it.
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Re: Black Friday Safety Dance
Nov 25, 2022, 13:27
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Re: Black Friday Safety Dance Nov 25, 2022, 13:27
Nov 25, 2022, 13:27
 
1 billion teens and young adults risk hearing loss from listening devices.

Whatever. I blew out my hearing many years ago with Walkmans and rock concerts. As God intended.
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Re: OotB: Gifted
Nov 21, 2022, 12:23
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Re: OotB: Gifted Nov 21, 2022, 12:23
Nov 21, 2022, 12:23
 
Happy Birthday, Blue!

And thank god for LAN parties. Honestly, pretty much the reason I have the job that I do.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Nov 18, 2022, 13:18
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Re: Morning Consolidation Nov 18, 2022, 13:18
Nov 18, 2022, 13:18
 
I would like a PETA Mode where I never hear anything from or about PETA ever again.
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Re: OotB: FAQ This
Nov 18, 2022, 13:14
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Re: OotB: FAQ This Nov 18, 2022, 13:14
Nov 18, 2022, 13:14
 
Its Fack. Otherwise you can't tell someone to read the FAQ and then Fack off.

Its Gib, hard G, like in Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Its Gif, not the peanut butter, and it seems cultural. All my local gaming friends pronounced it that way. Wasn't until we met someone from far away did we hear it pronounced differently.
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Re: Morning Metaverse
Nov 16, 2022, 03:39
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Re: Morning Metaverse Nov 16, 2022, 03:39
Nov 16, 2022, 03:39
 
And how not to treat developers.
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Re: Morning Metaverse
Nov 15, 2022, 16:09
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Re: Morning Metaverse Nov 15, 2022, 16:09
Nov 15, 2022, 16:09
 
jdreyer wrote on Nov 15, 2022, 15:00:
That Twitter article offers some good analysis.
Agreed. Also could have been titled.

What's behind Elon's Twitter disaster? A fundamental misunderstanding.
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