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James Portnow

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I write words, design games and make some videos on the interweb...

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It was my absolute honor to give the award for best foreign game BitSummit to Broken Rules for Gibbon: Beyond the Trees It's beautiful. It's tragic. It's got a message. And it has some fantastic ape mechanics. Everything I look for in an indie game ; ) store.steampowered.com/app/1837330/Gi…

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1 To clarify: I spent a lot of my 20s working 10 hour days to pay off my student loans. I also spent a lot of my 20s working enforced crunch on games that, frankly weren't worth it. Why would I want anyone else to have to go through either of those things just because I did?

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2 But it's simpler than that. Why are we playing defense on a subject that on a _purely pragmatic_ level is clear? Almost every historical example shows us that when the level of education in a society increase so does its prosperity. EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE.

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For most people a midlife crisis involves buying a fast car or dating someone younger. I'm pretty sure mine is going to be level capping in Everquest and finally reading all of Wheel of Time...

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It's weird that almost no gaming news/announcements came out of PAX this year. Guess the industry has moved on to Gamescom.

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The tragedy of Nintendo owning The Pokémon Company is that we'll never get the all Pokémon Smash Bros competitor we all know we secretly want...

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Where did all the monster/supernatural horror films go (alien/the thing/the exorcist). It seems like most modern horror films are just about people torturing each other...

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Doesn't OPEC doom themselves in the long run by keep prices high here (as it's going to encourage more nations to finally look for oil alternatives)?

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When I was young I used to read for hours at a time...now I find it hard to read for even a half hour without checking my phone. #thingstoworkon

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Hey everyone, I know I rarely use this, but given the takeover I’ll be closing this account soon. Find me on other social networks (or just say hi in the comments on EC).