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Title: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Golds on February 27, 2008, 12:52:30 PM Here are a few things I've taken away from GDC.
* Black and Milds + Sapporo makes for a great combination (http://doomlaser.com/images/black-mild-dereks.png). * It is possible to get booze on a tight deadline in San Francisco, but you might pay a price in blood. * Rock Band is a great game for bringing people together. * World of Goo will forever be confused with Goo. * The indie game development community is full of passionate people who are fun to hang out with. What have you learned? Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: ___ on February 27, 2008, 01:05:37 PM * 500 Bananas
* Denny's serves food on real plates, with real silverware * Drunken indie-wannabes will fill your sketchbook with horrors if you're not careful. * Hobo Princess: What did the mother say to Michael Jackson on the beach? Derek: Uhh, leave me alone? Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: AdamAtomic on February 27, 2008, 01:15:43 PM * Sleep is for the weak
* You can eat at Denny's two nights in a row and live through the experience * Sushi, while delicious, does not constitute a full meal * Recording voices for games at 3am yields incredibly good results * The suits just don't get it, man * 10 yr old scotch is ok, but Jack Daniels is pretty good Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Ivan on February 27, 2008, 01:41:16 PM * The carpeted floors of Moscone are a good place to sleep off a massive hangover.
* It takes 3 days for an unrefrigerated container of chicken alfredo to start smelling like rotten old man poo. * There are owls everywhere you go, you just have to look for them. * Tommy is a cyborg. * One week a year is not enough time. (*coughtigsconcough*) Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Zaphos on February 27, 2008, 01:56:49 PM * If you just go to GDC for a few hours during the day, you'll miss pretty much everything ...
* Speakers get free food! Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: ___ on February 27, 2008, 02:01:41 PM * It takes 3 days for an unrefrigerated container of fettuccine supremo to start smelling like rotten old man poo. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Ivan on February 27, 2008, 03:09:04 PM * It takes 3 days for an unrefrigerated container of fettuccine supremo to start smelling like rotten old man poo. Oh that's what that was. It was hard to tell after the 3 days. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: c-foo peng on February 27, 2008, 03:38:02 PM *Filipino fast food joints serve spaghetti, hot dogs, burgers, and fried chicken, all on the same plate.
*Indies are the past, present, future, and nega-future of game development. *Your game will crash as soon as you show it off. It is inevitable. *It's hard to be taken seriously when wearing a pink shirt. *John Romero doesn't know calculus, suck it down. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Tommunism on February 27, 2008, 04:54:51 PM
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: ___ on February 27, 2008, 05:13:15 PM * Always have a stash of courage beans ready for the IGF.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Derek on February 27, 2008, 07:25:28 PM * I learned what "tru indy" is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXb6bjCCtuY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXb6bjCCtuY) cactus showed me the night before he left. That's about as indie as it gets, right there. DENNY BLAZE 4 LYFE. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: handCraftedRadio on February 27, 2008, 07:40:54 PM It's amazing this guy never made it big.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Retro on February 27, 2008, 08:36:01 PM * Peter Molyneux's email is [email protected] and he is actually a woman.
* Vicky ... * The Hooters concept is based on female sex appeal and the work environment is one in which joking and sexual innuendo based on female sex appeal is commonplace. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: team_q on February 27, 2008, 11:21:34 PM It's amazing this guy never made it big. What are you talking about he was a hit up on VH1 Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: biphenyl on February 28, 2008, 12:54:49 AM
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: cactus on February 28, 2008, 04:30:32 AM - Indie game developers are pretty damn awesome.
- I make too many games, they all lack sufficient instructions, are all too hard and not long enough. - Derek has a cool apartment. - I hate airports. - Sword will fucking slice a baby in half! Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: c-foo peng on February 28, 2008, 08:38:40 AM
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: BMcC on February 28, 2008, 11:21:04 AM There are only police cars parked there cuz it's where the police station is. :P
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Tommunism on February 28, 2008, 12:08:43 PM - I make too many games, they all lack sufficient instructions, are all too hard and not long enough. I think you need to make more games with more boobs. Think Clean Asia, but with boobies somehow. I'll market for you...with boobs. Boobs. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Chris Whitman on February 28, 2008, 10:40:31 PM Well, building your police station near a strip club gives you something demeaning to do when you can't find enough minorities to beat.
The fried chicken is to recharge your batteries when your beatin' arm gets tired. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Chris Whitman on February 28, 2008, 10:40:57 PM Double entendre intended?
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: shinygerbil on February 29, 2008, 07:05:02 AM hot.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: ___ on February 29, 2008, 09:29:29 AM - I make awesome games, they all rule, are all too amazing and not long enough. I love you, Cactus. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: RadRuss on February 29, 2008, 08:25:38 PM 90 people do not fit into Chieftain's Pub, no matter how hard you try.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Zaknafein on March 01, 2008, 01:56:16 PM - Most of downtown SF becomes a ghost town at 9PM.
- Give Phil Fish a micro in Rock Band and he becomes the reincarnation of Ian Curtis. - I really need to buy Rock Band. - Chinatown is an awesome place to get cheap yet delicious and plentiful food. - BMcC really, really wants to learn proper french. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: skaldicpoet9 on March 04, 2008, 06:03:56 PM -GDC is a great place to get wasted off of cheap beer.
-Hitch-hicking to California next year can't possibly be that far... -I forgot that you can buy a box of wine in Berkeley for 6 bucks. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Tye The Czar on March 01, 2009, 12:23:02 PM *John Romero doesn't know calculus, suck it down. Didn't know he was at GDC. Otherwise there would have been news about him(?) What IS he up to anyway? I hope he gets his act back together so we can see some great games from him. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: AdamAtomic on March 01, 2009, 12:46:51 PM yeah, I wouldn't hold your breath 10-month-old-thread-resurrecting man-baby!
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Golds on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM Tye the Czar is probably John Romero, astroturfing.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Ivan on March 01, 2009, 06:02:05 PM Hahahaha, he totally is!
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: BMcC on March 01, 2009, 06:38:31 PM Man, I'm still learning things from GDC 2008. :epileptic:
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: havchr on March 03, 2009, 02:56:19 PM Romero is a wow-addict, at least that's what all his twitter feeds are all about.
my gdc 2008: 90% of graphics programming talks are about boring math you never remember instead of the realtime production of hot pixels. wednesday morning was rough they have some American pills if you get sick; we've named them Dr. Mario pills , they work like a charm. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: BMcC on March 09, 2009, 08:32:14 AM Heh, Emergen-C (http://www.emergenc.com/) (that is, Heather) saved my life.
Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: fish on March 09, 2009, 09:09:15 AM gotta get a bunch of those.
best hangover remedy ever. Title: Re: What I learned from GDC 2008 Post by: Madnis on March 16, 2009, 12:55:14 PM gotta get a bunch of those. best hangover remedy ever. I thought it was menudo? Man have I been misguided. |