Tag Archives: GDC

Gaming the Game Developers Conference

GDC has been one of my favorite events for decades, ever since I attended its predecessor, the Computer Game Developers Conference, in the early 90s. I thought it went downhill around 2000, which is part of the reason I established SIEGE. The GDC owners learned from their mistakes, and it is again the industry must-attend […]

IGDA Advocacy Training at GDC, Part 2

First of all, yesterday I wrote that one thing all advocates should do is celebrate their successes, so here we go: Yesterday the Georgia House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to extend the video game tax credit which has done so much to empower our industry here. While we still have much to do […]

IGDA Advocacy Training at GDC, Part 1

A week from today I have the privilege of running the IGDA Advocacy session at GDC. Officially titled “IGDA Anti-Censorship & Social Issues Committee Presents Advocacy Training: The Spotlight is On!”, this is part roundtable, part workshop. In the decades I have been part of the game industry, I have seen innumerable needless controversies pop […]