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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Austin GDC

Every year I try to go to the Austin Game Developers Conference.

And every year, the universe conspires to keep me from going.

Not little stuff -- it's stuff like my dog dying on the first day, or working a 120-hour work week dev death march for the weeks leading up to the conference, or getting bronchitis / sinus impaction / the flu (yes, all at once).

This year, the universe may have won. We'll see what tomorrow brings, but in case I'm not able to make it to the Austin Convention Center at all this year, check out these other sources for Austin GDC coverage:

Gamasutra Austin GDC 2007 coverage (the best, since they're both owned by CMP Game Group)

Kotaku.com coverage (maybe; wicked light right now; why don't they hire an Austin local (me) who's been doing this for 5 years? Fahey's gonna be wicked hungover after tonight's Tabula Rasa party; and his feet will be dirty)

TenTonHammer.com (maybe)

As an aside, one of my pet peeves is people with no sense of history. Or can't remember where they parked their car. The game industry seems to be particularly full of both. Anyway, a lot of the online sites are talking AGDC's "new theme" of being MMO-centric this year.

This year? That's exactly what it was last year, before the CMP Game Group bought them. Stay awake, kids.

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