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		<title>New Decade? I don&#8217;t think so.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND
I swear if I see or hear one more person make a fool of themselves on national radio or TV by saying that 2010 is the start of a new decade, I&#8217;ll just lose it.
People, there was no year 0. And in principle (forget about science, programming etc) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2010/01/new-decade-i-dont-think-so/</link>
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		<title>University Of Miami &#8211; Global Entrepreneurship Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the afternoon of Nov 20th I will be part of an IGDA panel at University Of Miami&#8217;s The Launch Pad. So if you are in the area, stop by and say Hi!
During Global Entrepreneurship Week November 16 &#8211; 22, 2009, millions of people around the world will join a growing movement of innovative thinkers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/11/university-of-miami-global-entrepreneurship-week/</link>
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		<title>ESD Publishers Boycott Valve&#8217;s Steam Service. Seriously?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[This blog entry has been mirrored and featured over at Gamasutra expert blogs and with more comments from industry folks]
A few days ago, it was widely reported that several Electronic Software Distribution (a.k.a. online distribution) vendors such a IGN&#8217;s Direct2Drive (owned by Fox &#8211; a News Corp entity), Gamers Gate (owned by Paradox Interactive, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/11/esd-publishers-boycott-steam/</link>
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		<title>Infinite Bits Miami Convention 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a speaker at Infinite Bits, Miami&#8217;s first video game convention this past weekend and it was a blast. Not as big &#8211; or loud &#8211; as E3, GDC etc, but still loud all the same.
Though there aren&#8217;t very many (I can count them on one hand actually) game development companies down here in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/10/infinite-bits-miami-convention-2009/</link>
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		<title>GameSpot &#8211; The New Hatchet Job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GameSpot ceased to be relevant in the industry back when Reagan was president. But that hasn&#8217;t stopped them from continuing their rather controversial ways of allienating not only their own readers (who have since taken off) but also the very hand that feeds. 
So, they&#8217;re back at it &#8211; again. Only this time, they not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/10/gamespot-the-new-hatchet-job/</link>
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		<title>The Case For Niche Games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets face it, games cater to a different audience. But what happens if the general gamer is not your audience but somehow not only thinks that he is but also assumes that he has some sort of entitlement? Well, the results can be pretty, well, ludicrous. You can&#8217;t sell a niche game to the ADHD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/10/the-case-for-niche-games/</link>
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		<title>Digital Distribution &#8211; The Key</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to know more about digital distribution and my take on it? Look no further than this blog post.
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		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/10/digital-distribution-the-key/</link>
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		<title>The DRM Minefield</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The issue of Digital Rights Management in games is a pretty thorny subject. My take on it from the perspective of a game, game developer and publisher is over here.
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		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/10/the-drm-minefield/</link>
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		<title>A new blog!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello World!
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		<link>http://www.dereksmart.com/2009/02/a-new-blog/</link>
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