Recent content by Ciarin

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    GOG Boss: "Heavy Discounts Are Bad for Gamers"

    The "Gaming community as a whole" somehow being more than a collection of various niches? Games being made with a variety of tastes in mind can in no way be construed as a bad thing. Developers being able to find a way to make money without having to resort to insane development budgets would be...
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    Star Command Dev Reveals Where the Kickstarter Money Went

    I sort of meant that I saw some of those deductions as development costs as they are directly related to the business of creating and releasing the game. Sure some of those things are unfortunate losses, speaking of the reward fulfillment, kickstarter cuts, pax costs etc, but the business costs...
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    Star Command Dev Reveals Where the Kickstarter Money Went

    Maybe I need someone to check my math, but I count $15,000 in development from the list in the article. $4,000 indicated as directly to development. $6,000 for music (which I would very much consider a development cost) $4,000 attorneys, business fees, and accounting fees (the costs that...
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    Poll: Are We Entitled?

    I'm not lying, just boneheaded, and fail at proofreading. Yes, definitely budgets are costing decisions and I'm embarrassed that I typed that. I meant pricing decisions. Prices are usually set independent of costs beyond the requirement that the price recoup costs and the product remains...
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    Poll: Are We Entitled?

    All of your posts display a fundamental lack of how business, software development in general, and games development in specific work. 1. A budget does not (except inasmuch as it informs a floor for price) inform costing decisions. A budget only exists internally and is used to determine the...
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    Advice about being a programmer

    I think the best piece of advice to give at the moment is to try it out a little bit before making any decisions. One of the most convenient things about programming is that the barriers to entry are almost zero. All you really need to start is a compiler and a text editor (or an...
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    SOPA Storms Back

    Okay, so I just read it again to be completely sure. The section you describe (103.B.4.iii) absolutely does not lay out any evidentiary rules. The actual text is as follows: (iii) Identification of the specific facts to support the claim that the Internet site, or portion thereof, is...