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Alex P Posted March 20, 2009 Tentatively thinking about gathering on Tuesday night if you are around! LucasArts party 5-8 and Harmonix 8-10. But afterwards... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyroid Posted March 23, 2009 I don't suppose any of you will be covering GDC on your twitters or whatever, will you? I'd love it if someone covered the Suda51/Fumito Ueda panel... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 23, 2009 I don't suppose any of you will be covering GDC on your twitters or whatever, will you? I'd love it if someone covered the Suda51/Fumito Ueda panel... I'll be liveblogging that. Whatever the fuck that means. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyroid Posted March 23, 2009 I'll be liveblogging that. Whatever the fuck that means. Oh, excellent. Could you tell me where? And thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 23, 2009 Oh, excellent. Could you tell me where?And thanks! I'll post a link here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 24, 2009 Come on, bitches. What are we doing tomorrow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted March 24, 2009 Is tomorrow tuesday? Timezones confuse me. Let's meet up and shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 24, 2009 I'll call a few of you later. Let's meet up and shit. Time zones make me read things literally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 24, 2009 My cell is 516-965-0707 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyroid Posted March 24, 2009 Alex, will you still be covering Ueda's panel? Can you post a link? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 25, 2009 Alex, will you still be covering Ueda's panel? Can you post a link? Yeah, I'll do my best to liveblog it, depending on the wi-fi situation, but if not, I'll have it posted not long after the session concludes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 25, 2009 Also, I published my first GDC piece a little while ago. It's concerning Tarsier's lost but not forgotten The City of Metronome. http://tinyurl.com/gdc09-metronome I hope you find it enjoyable to read. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noyb Posted March 25, 2009 Did anyone see the Indie Game Maker Rant? From the description, it sounded epic, including a dramatic reading of the script to Gears of War 2, a rant against the IGF including well-funded games, and an attempt by the creator of Crayon Physics to make a Ragdoll Peggle prototype in five minutes. Also, I published my first GDC piece a little while ago. It's concerning Tarsier's lost but not forgotten The City of Metronome. http://tinyurl.com/gdc09-metronome I hope you find it enjoyable to read. This news makes me very happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted March 25, 2009 I guess I missed the best part of the indie rant! I went out to secure a free lunch box when the first couple of rants were a bit meh. Crap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 25, 2009 I wish I'd got to that. "Indie" is a really broken term. It was applied to a lot of UK music in the 90's, originally as a word to describe music from small independent record labels, but eventually became synonymous with a certain genre of guitar/britpop music. That emerged onto huge record labels and was still called indie. Technically, anyone not owned by a large publisher is indie. Going by the IGF rules, it appears Free Radical could have entered haze. They were an independent developer, and so are Crytek. The terminology is fundamentally awry, but where can the IGF go to get it right? "Art games" excludes anyone who isn't trying to make a statement, "free games" is just as arbitrary and lets all kinds of crap in to boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted March 25, 2009 I wish I'd got to that."Indie" is a really broken term. It was applied to a lot of UK music in the 90's, originally as a word to describe music from small independent record labels, but eventually became synonymous with a certain genre of guitar/britpop music. That emerged onto huge record labels and was still called indie. Technically, anyone not owned by a large publisher is indie. Going by the IGF rules, it appears Free Radical could have entered haze. They were an independent developer, and so are Crytek. The terminology is fundamentally awry, but where can the IGF go to get it right? "Art games" excludes anyone who isn't trying to make a statement, "free games" is just as arbitrary and lets all kinds of crap in to boot. I think you could make a pretty clear determination that isn't open to a lot of waffling that the "indie spirit" noted in the rules disallows games funded by a major publisher, like Haze. That still leaves the potential for high-budget independently-funded stuff, but it's at least one line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 25, 2009 But it's such a fuzzy line, and that's why I picked an example as stupid as Haze. How small does a publisher have to be before it's small enough? Don't get me wrong, I think Simon did a good job of sticking up for Pixel Junk: Eden, but troubled terminology makes the entry criteria quite subjective, so gripes like the ones voiced by Phil Fish are going to keep happening and getting traction. They should have an indie games rant next year, with speaking criteria that let regular game developers rant too, then follow up with an indie games rant rant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyroid Posted March 25, 2009 Oh my lord, it's Trico. Or so they say. Either way, that's a beautiful screenshot/drawing/fake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex P Posted March 25, 2009 Aside from seeing Remo momentarily at lunch, I fucking hate that I haven't met a single one of you yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted March 26, 2009 I know, it's bedlam. I keep getting all these conflicting invites in the evening and it's difficult to get to everything and talk to everyone. Apart from a coincidental lunch meet with Marek and Remo, and briefly bumping into Lawrence and Duncan while feeling ludicrously jet lagged and stupid, I've not actually managed to see Thumbs people much. I started trying to call people yesterday, but casting of the pod trumped everything. Maybe we could meet tomorrow or Friday. My number: +44 7976 216 029 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OssK Posted March 26, 2009 Let's meet up and shit. Marek, that is not what one does when he meets people he never saw, it is highly improper to propose to defecate in reunion to strangers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
