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Off to GDC

In a few hours I’ll be heading to the airport on my way to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference (GDC). I have never been to GDC before nor have I been to San Francisco so it should be an interesting experience. I am not sure what my plans are for today (since I get there around noon San Fran time and it is currently 1:45 am here in Albany), but there is a party from the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) in the evening sometime so that should be fun.

Aside from that my plan for the rest of the week is to attend various sessions relative towards game design. Though I can’t remember what sessions I am attending off the top of my head I know that I will be going one presented by some people from Monolith studios where the subject is about starting game ideas and getting them approved to become produced games, there is another session I forget who the speaker is but the subject of the session is how to write great design docs for a game. Also I think on Thursday I’ll be attending Cliffy B’s presentation on Gears of War, that should be really interesting. When I get back I’ll have some notes that I will post online about the sessions I attended and what I learned from them.

I better try and get some sleep within the next few hours before I have to head out. Though I could just stay up and play online or something and not screw myself by oversleeping and missing the plane.