Acid for Blood

There were a couple of sessions that I really enjoyed at the Game Developers Conference this year.
The first was “Game Studies Download 3.0“. The Game Studies Download first appeared at GDC 2006, which was the first GDC I attended. I’m quite interested in the various fields of game studies, having dabbled in it (read: dissertation […]

I don’t have the energy to write proper blog posts during the Game Developers Conference, but I have been using Twitter to post micro updates about my experience and observations of the event and what’s happening around me at GDC. If you have a Twitter account, feel free to follow.
I’m using the TwitterSync Facebook application […]

I was one of 350 people chosen to be a Conference Associate at the Game Developers Conference next month (18 - 22 February) in San Francisco. I did not attend the GDC in 2007 because I was busy moving across the country, however I was a CA at GDC 2006.
The CA army will be wearing […]

I have returned from the trip down south to attend E for All 2007 on Saturday and Sunday. I also attended the Video Games Live concert on the Friday.

Video Games Live is a concert of videogame music performed by an orchestra and a choir. I enjoyed Video Games Live. At times I thought that the […]

My employer is dispatching me to the E for All Expo in Los Angeles from 20th - 21st October. If you’re at the con, feel free to stop by the booth.
I will be arriving on 19th October in time to attend the Video Games Live concert, though I won’t actually be working on the 19th.
I’m […]

On the Sunday of PAX I had great conversations with some of the people that are involved with one of my favourite games. It was nice to be able to speak to the people involved in Guild Wars develpment to let them know how much I enjoy the game and appreciate their work. The party […]

Compiled into two photosets for your viewing pleasure: ArenaNet/Guild Wars related and everything else.
I didn’t feel a great need to take pictures of most of the things in the Exhibit Hall. They were fairly unimpressive, and to be honest most of the stuff there was of small interest to me. Big Daddy statue? Yawn. Just […]

The ArenaNet party was held on Saturday 25 August at GameWorks, a big arcade/bar across the street from the Washington State Convention & Trade Centre, the venue for PAX. The party started at 18:00 for VIPs and ArenaNet staff. Everyone else at the convention could enter from 19:00.
Here’s a shot of the bar, without hordes […]

The panel opened with rousing music from Guild Wars: Eye of the North and a behind-the-scenes video from the Guild Wars Nightfall making-of DVD. The format for this panel was similar in structure to the other panel I attended. The official Guild Wars site has a brief summary. The first set of panelists were all […]

I am actually sitting in my hotel blogging instead of going to the concerts or hanging around the halls of the convention center doing nothing. There aren’t any panels going on that I’m interested in, and I’d rather do something productive like write here.
The first Guild Wars panel of the day was called “Guild Wars: […]