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A Flying Start

4 hours sleep or less?
Check

The main 8 hour event I’ve come for today “not listed” on conference programme?
Check

The big posters-sized signs don’t list any of the summit locations?
Check

The map claims that the giant room where the first session takes place “doesn’t exist”?
Check

No coffee and breakfast today?
Check (argh!)

I guess it must be the first day of a conference, then :). Bring it on!

EDIT: Darius has set up the RSS aggregator for all GDC talk liveblogging, parties blogging, etc – only this year with Twitter integration – http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=0BaJsrgX3hGy_XuiwTSbTQ

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conferences GDC 2009

GDC 2009 Parties

Lots of news sites and blogs have reported that the recession has affected GDC this year, with lot of cancelled parties and a big drop in attendees. I wouldn’t be surprised, given all the redundancies (although … wouldn’t that mean more people looking to recruit / be recruited?), but the first round of evidence – the volume of parties – shows no signs of recession so far: