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by I need clarification 03/11/2003, 12:29pm PST |
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Ah, San Jose.
Oh well, enough about the town.
Made the trek up to GDC again this year, god knows why. The conference remains as hopelessly PC-centric as always, I suppose harkening back to its humble origins as CGDC. The irony this year is the actual attendees were almost all involved in console development (the ones who counted, anyway), while the expo floor and the majority of the planned lectures concerned that not-so-booming world of PC games. Sony deigned for the first time to actually set up something approaching a booth this year (mostly to hawk the linux dev kit for PS2, as close to a PC as the PS2 gets), while Nintendo of America strode purposefully into the conference by assigning two bored-looking HR people a tiny booth in the job fair, where they politely informed any surprised wanderers that they weren't really hiring but would be glad to accept resumes. The X-Box logo was plastered over every available surface, including the ubiquitous handbags, badge-holder straps, and foreheads of every single attendee, but if there was a Microsoft booth, I forget where it was or what it was promoting. Certainly not X-Box.
No, the big three seem to know the money should go to E3, and let the GDC retain its proud if somewhat constraining amateur status. Further evidence of this was the nonstop jockeying between nVidia and Radeon. Honestly, if there was ever an industry that literally screamed PLEASE KEEP US NICHE, it's the combined forces of PC game developers, the fans/haters of their games, and the countless sites dedicated to debating the whole mess ad nauseum. This year, at least, the PC developers didn't even bother to protest when the roundtables inevitably moved to console discussion.
Anyway, on with the awards:
Best Lecture: Tie between Jason Rubin of Naughty Dog whose "Next Generation Graphics: Who Cares?" speech both terrified and inspired all of us, the guy from Insomniac who explained how they managed to make a game like Ratchet and Clank in a year and a half, and a former WETA technical director who showed some great behind-the-scenes stuff from LotR: TT.
Worst Lecture: A close race between pretty much all the other lectures, but the winner should probably be Art Management for Artists, which I think was supposed to be a lecture by Doug Oglesby of Red Storm, but somehow was rescheduled into a roundtable, then he just gave us all his lecture notes and told us to talk amongst ourselves. Occasionally he would interject with some Caltrops-level "humor" about working with some Navy SEAL or other, then we would go back to yelling at each other about what a lead artist does.
Honorable Mention: After their electrifying presentation last year at GDC in which they gave away the farm on the AI in Halo, an apparently chastised Bungie team (don't fuck around after Bill buys you, guys) sent their fucking AUDIO GUY to talk about Halo (it was not listed as an audio talk, which is why there were people in the audience). After ten minutes of his explaining how he has a keyboard right in his office so he can compose music whenever he wants, I took off.
Worst Moment of GDC: Tie between Gaming God(dess?) Stevie "Killcreek" Case giving out the Best Level Design Award at the awards ceremony ("For level designers, the devil is in the details..."; how would she know?), the awards ceremony as a whole (is there really no endeavor left to mankind for which we don't need to invent an award?), and the "martini" I was served in the lobby of the Fairmont on the last night of the conference (suffice to say it was warm, weak, and served in a plastic Gamespy cup).
Most Gratifying Moment of GDC: A table full of some of the best programmers in the business laughing their heads off when I mentioned I'd read a post on a message board suggesting John Carmack was a "competent implementor."
But anyway, at least this year they didn't sucker us into another yawn-fest like they did last year, the "summit" between Will Wright and Scott McCloud...
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Report from the Game Developers Conference by I need clarification 03/11/2003, 12:29pm PST 
Report from the Game Developers Conference by Ray, of Light 03/11/2003, 3:05pm PST
Report from the Game Developers Conference by I need clarification 03/11/2003, 4:21pm PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Senor Barborito 03/11/2003, 9:10pm PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by I need clarification 03/11/2003, 10:12pm PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by FABIO 03/11/2003, 11:01pm PST
I always took that guy with the "Powerful Stroke" -nt- NT by Entropy Stew 03/11/2003, 11:03pm PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Fussbett 03/11/2003, 11:59pm PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by FABIO 03/12/2003, 12:25am PST
Hmdb! Hmdbdbdbmmm! by Fok, inside Binro's belly 03/12/2003, 12:41am PST
oops, Fussbett I ment NT by FABIO 03/12/2003, 1:37am PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Fussbett 03/12/2003, 12:41am PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by FABIO 03/12/2003, 1:36am PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Fussbett 03/12/2003, 2:37am PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by FABIO 03/12/2003, 1:25pm PST
I can't tell if you're trolling me. by Fussbett 03/13/2003, 2:14am PST
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Ray, of Light 04/29/2003, 11:01pm PDT
Now I see why your message seemed familiar, nm NT by Ray, of Light 04/29/2003, 11:06pm PDT
I'LL STILL TAKE YOU TO THE MAT! by Fussbett 04/30/2003, 6:33pm PDT
GTA3, Morrowind = Sandbox games by Senor Barborito 03/12/2003, 1:11am PST
Re: GTA3, Morrowind = Sandbox games by FABIO 03/12/2003, 1:39am PST
Mostly disagreeing by Entropy Stew 03/12/2003, 1:50am PST
Re: Mostly disagreeing by Damocles 04/29/2003, 1:26pm PDT
Re: Mostly disagreeing by FABIO 04/29/2003, 3:48pm PDT
SNES vs. PS2 by Damocles 04/30/2003, 12:45pm PDT
Re: SNES vs. PS2 by FABIO 04/30/2003, 5:59pm PDT
The gun, it is smoking by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 12:32pm PDT
Nice one, Stew. NT by Senor Barborito 04/29/2003, 12:50pm PDT
I'm like the entire Amazing Chan Clan all roled into one person NT by I need ToutSuite 04/29/2003, 12:53pm PDT
I suck at ators NT by Entropy Stew 04/29/2003, 1:22pm PDT
Ever wonder why Chinese people have Chinese children? NT by Simpsons Reference Matrix 04/29/2003, 1:34pm PDT
Re: The gun, it is smoking by Crying Fag 04/29/2003, 8:50pm PDT
Re: The gun, it is smoking by I need clarification 04/30/2003, 6:53pm PDT
You are the wind beneath our wings by Entropy Stew 04/30/2003, 10:14pm PDT
Like I said, you should stick to "Fag NT" NT by I need clarification 05/01/2003, 1:22pm PDT
Type #2 NT by Entropy Stew 05/01/2003, 1:44pm PDT
Re: You are the wind beneath our wings by Lufteufel 05/01/2003, 4:00pm PDT
Re: The gun, it is smoking by Mischief Shai-hulud 04/30/2003, 10:35pm PDT
Sorry I disappointed you, MM. You've always lived down to my expectations. by I need clarification 05/01/2003, 1:20pm PDT
Type #2 NT by MM 05/01/2003, 1:39pm PDT
Good explanations for all of these, btw by Senor Barborito 05/01/2003, 4:39am PDT
I was in the #GA chat for a couple of weeks following the initial diaspora. by I need clarification 05/01/2003, 1:21pm PDT
Yawn by MM 05/01/2003, 1:48pm PDT
You don't need to tell us you have a blank stare, MM by I need clarification 05/01/2003, 2:25pm PDT
You think you can out-troll me? Motherfucker, I'll string you along for days! by Mischief Maxx0r 05/01/2003, 6:04pm PDT
No offense by Senor Barborito 05/01/2003, 3:51pm PDT
Re: No offense by I need clarification 05/01/2003, 5:11pm PDT
Well that mystery is solved. by mrs. johnson 05/01/2003, 2:16pm PDT
Re: Well that mystery is solved. by Cabaret Voltron 05/01/2003, 2:21pm PDT
I don't know if I should be insulted or elated. Fuck you anyway. NT by mrs. johnson 05/01/2003, 2:35pm PDT
Oh shut up already. Fine, yes, you win and I lose more than anyone. Fuck you. NT by Senor Barborito 05/01/2003, 3:53pm PDT
You're paranoid, man. by mrs. johnson 05/01/2003, 5:46pm PDT
Sir, my above post was also a joke. NT by Senor Barborito 05/01/2003, 5:57pm PDT
Then let us laugh heartily together with two glasses of port. NT by mrs. johnson 05/01/2003, 6:21pm PDT
Re: Report from the Game Developers Conference by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/27/2013, 3:33pm PDT
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