- thorsen-ink
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Recent Blog Posts
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31May 09
Video Blog: LACC Arrival, South Hall, and Final Fantasy XIII megabillboard
- Posted May 31, 2009 8:57 pm PT
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28May 09
Where the magic happens...
This is my office. There are many like it, but this one is mine.- Posted May 28, 2009 3:38 pm PT
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29Mar 09
GDC 2009: Vlogging the show floor, part three
A few feet away from Sony booth was that of German developer Crytek. The developer of the slick PC shooters Crysis and the original Far Cry was touting its just-announced CryEngine 3 middleware, which can also run on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. To lure prospective customers, they had a two-minute demo clip showing the engine running on both consoles--and this video doesn't do the impressive footage justice.
Behind Crytek's booth was the Independent Games Festival area, where attendees could play both the winners and losers of the previous night's Independent Games Awards.
Those included Excellence in Game Design winner Musiac Box, a combination music and puzzle game:
And Student Showcase winner Tag! The Power of Paint, which sees players spraypaint strips which launch them from rooftop to rooftop, Mirror's Edge-style.
SOUTH HALL
Across Howard Street is the Moscone Center's South Hall. Its central Esplanade Room is where all the BIG events are held, including the Satoru Iwata and Hideo Kojima's keynotes and the Game Developers Conference Awards. To see extensive video footage of those events, click on the link stories above. The clip below conveys a sense of the Esplanade Room's vastness, however.WEST HALL
Though it is where the vast majority of knowledge is disseminated via GDC's dizzying array of sessions, the West Hall was pretty low on spectacle. Its most notable feature was the throngs of people bustling about, going from sessions to session, pausing only to pounce on the tables of free lunches put out each midday.Thrilling, eh? However, for those attending GDC to try and get a job, the West Hall held the most important place at the expo--the recruiting fair. Inside yet another massive room on the ground floor, a range of developers and publishers with internal studios were taking applications.
Besides the cash-flush Activision Blizzard, which wooed potential employees with a Guitar Hero stage:
Curiously, companies which had recently seen massive layoffs--like THQ and Sony Computer Entertainment--were also actively recruiting at GDC. Hopefully by the time GDC 2010 rolls around next March, they'll be in better straits.
- Posted Mar 29, 2009 11:28 am PT
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Recent Videos
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FFXIII Banners
This year's LACC-facing megabanner is for FFXIII, due in 2010
- Posted May 31, 2009 8:06 pm PT
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South Hall
Kayvan and Homer set up in front of the FFXIII and mass effect 2 banners
- Posted May 31, 2009 7:52 pm PT
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LACC Arrival
The GS Kru arrives at the LACC for E3 2009, and encounters a whole mess of banners
- Posted May 31, 2009 7:39 pm PT
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Oct 16, 2009 5:08 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic First Borderlands DLC to drop this year on the site blog News Blog
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Oct 16, 2009 2:17 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic 2,200 GameFly games stolen by mailman on the site blog News Blog
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Oct 15, 2009 1:20 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic NPD's Sept. 2009 report delayed until Monday on the site blog News Blog
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Oct 14, 2009 4:30 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic Nvidia, ATI win next-gen DS, Xbox contracts? on the site blog Rumor Control
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Oct 7, 2009 5:04 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic EA's Jack the Ripper a heroic undead-slayer? on the site blog Rumor Control
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Oct 5, 2009 3:49 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic Left 4 Dead 2 getting $25 million ad campaign on the site blog News Blog
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Oct 5, 2009 2:10 pm PTthorsen-ink posted in the topic Fable III to incorporate Natal? on the site blog Rumor Control
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