GDC 2008 Day one: Podcast teaser and other hijinks

Hey reader, we’re broadcasting deep within the bowels of the bay area. We made another podcast last night, hopefully we’ll have time to edit it and maybe make another one. There’s so much to talk about with the IGS, we tried to hold it in as best we could until we could talk about it “fresh” on the podcast. So in lieu of an edited podcast we give you this gem. Man, ever since I learned how to spell that, it’s been open season on “lieu.” It has surpassed “purview” and “ilk,” at least in written form.

THE ALMIGHTY INTUITION DEVCAST WORLD PREMIERE

On the night of day 0, I decided to search out a mysterious beep that seemed to emanate from Ted’s bag. Apparently Josh captured my safari on camera.

Turns out it wasn’t the bag, or even in the room, but outside somewhere. Next day, we posed for our book-nook picture at IGS.

Later… lunch. Where we learned a crafty new way to make a cube out of 6 business cards unbeknownst to us that it would destroy them.

Then sushi and talk with Tyler Streeter, our mutual friend from the VRAC. He does research on A.I. specific to the human brain. He’s the one in the 2nd picture on the left, blurried. He’s brilliant. And married… sorry ladies!

Oh yea, bonus picture. We found a guy with a ghillie suit laptop mod/cover thing. Anyway… pretty cool. Hope you liked the podcast. We really tried to cut it down to a reasonable length, and well try to get out a real one soon.

Oh what a long strange trip it’s been. GDC 2008: day 0

Well, today was a work day, even though it was the Sabbath we worked just like Mike said. User stories, a little Orbit Room cafe, and so on. But that, was but the beginning. Awhile later we met up with Ted and we fumbled around San Francisco, going to two predetermined restaurants that ended up being closed. Blah blah blah, long story short, Mike made this vs. screen mockup that’s probably going to change the way we think about gaming.

Soon after Mike’s out-of-body inspiration his eyes went blank and he ran into the Moscone center stripping off his clothes. We were able to recover his clothes after finding him dripping with cold sweat in a fetal ball. We clothed him as best we could and decided he’d just sleep there. He kept spouting gibberish about Warren and his mother, we’re not sure, but hopefully we’ll see him there in the morning. We may have lost Mike, but we’ve gained a vs. screen beyond imagination.