[game_preservation] More Classic Games at GDC

[Andrew Armstrong]

I just can't justify the plane ticket costs on top of San Francisco 
costs and a ticket; I could probably force myself to afford a ticket if 
I lived locally :) especially for those lovely talks. I'll have to see 
if Simon Carless will get the recordings out for free since they're not 
especially developer material and he's into his history (I should also 
see if he wants to rejoin the SIG too, been long enough now I hope). If 
he hasn't got a hand in it I'll have to ask Gamasutra or the organiser 
of GDC, since they'd be pretty cool to watch.

Andrew

On 21/01/2011 00:14, Devin Monnens wrote:

> The other thing about press passes is they usually only give them for 

> certain events. You can snag an expo pass sometimes with those, too, 

> but usually it's just a ticket to a single lecture or event. That's 

> how it was for me when I applied through my website at least (which is 

> a specialized gaming site, so that might be why).

>

> Tickets run $950 for a main conference pass. I think it's a $50 

> discount for an IGDA member (but maybe more like you said). GDC also 

> offered a holiday discount that expired on the 11th for $100. The 

> alumni discount of 50% expired Dec 1. So you basically have to plan to 

> attend prior to anything being announced. Volunteer deadlines expire 

> in something like November or December; I didn't apply this year 

> because I didn't feel I would have the money (my job is with a 

> college, so they don't give hours until one week before classes start...)

>

> If you ask me, the whole system a big crock, basically a money-making 

> system. It seems to me they do this on purpose (announce the big 

> names) on the last week to get people to make instant decisions 

> without thinking. That's how they make money, and I bet if you looked 

> at the sales numbers, they would be very high on the last day of the 

> early bird discount compared with their other discounts.

>

> Unfortunately, it's when they announce names like this that I start to 

> get excited and wish I was going...

>

> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Alan Au <aau at alum.mit.edu 

> <mailto:aau at alum.mit.edu>> wrote:

>

>     Sadly, the GDC volunteer deadline has already passed.

>

>     You could always try to attend on a press pass.  However, they're

>     starting to crack down a bit more these days, and typically you'll

>     need a business license before they'll accept you as a valid press

>     outlet.

>

>     - Alan

>

>

>     > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:38:02 -0600

>     > From: jeff at psychicparrotgames.com

>     <mailto:jeff at psychicparrotgames.com>

>     > To: game_preservation at igda.org <mailto:game_preservation at igda.org>

>     > Subject: Re: [game_preservation] More Classic Games at GDC

>

>     >

>     > I couldn't agree with you more. It's much too expensive for

>     anyone who

>     > doesn't have funding to attend - I just wish that there was an

>     indie rate.

>     > I also have to say that I find it laughable that being an IGDA

>     member gets

>     > you such a pitiful amount off the price of a ticket! What is it

>     now, $80

>     > discount? From a $1900 ticket, that's just insulting.

>     >

>     > You could always see about volunteering, which gets you in free,

>     but of

>     > course there's still hotel and flights :(

>     >

>     > Such a shame because there are the most amazing speakers this

>     year (as you

>     > pointed out, some just amazing classic post-mortems too) and I

>     know that I

>     > couldn't afford to fund the trip either.

>     >

>     > Jeff.

>     >

>     >

>     >

>     >

>     > > This year celebrates the 25th anniversary of many games, so

>     GDC has

>     > > decided

>     > > to run classic postmortems, including big names such as Doom,

>     Pac-Man, and

>     > > Another World. Makes me sad I can't make it; conference is

>     simply too

>     > > expensive for someone who can't get funding to attend. I wish

>     they would

>     > > announce all this stuff farther in advance too.

>     > >

>     > > ***********************************************************

>     > > GDC 25 Special: Classic Game Postmortems

>     > > ***********************************************************

>     > >

>     > > GDC continually looks to the future for new technologies,

>     > > innovations, and best practices. Celebrating its milestone

>     > > 25th edition this year, GDC also takes the time to reflect

>     > > on where the industry has been and the accomplishments over

>     > > the years.

>     > >

>     > > A series of lectures each pay tribute to familiar classic game

>     > > titles, which are undoubtedly the innovators of their time.

>     > >

>     > > *Pac Man

>     > > Speaker: Toru Iwatani

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#pacman

>     > >

>     > > *Elite

>     > > Speaker: David Braben

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#elite

>     > >

>     > >

>     > > *Out of This World/Another World

>     > > Speaker: Eric Chahi

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#anotherworld

>     > >

>     > > *Prince of Persia

>     > > Speaker: Jordan Mechner

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#prince

>     > >

>     > > *Marble Madness

>     > > Speaker: Mark Cerny

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#marble

>     > >

>     > > *Doom

>     > > Speaker: John Romero

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#doom

>     > >

>     > > *Pitfall

>     > > Speaker: David Crane

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#pitfall

>     > >

>     > > *Bejeweled

>     > > Speaker: Jason Kapalka

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#bejeweled

>     > >

>     > > *Populous

>     > > Speaker: Peter Molyneux

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#populous

>     > >

>     > > *Raid on Bungeling Bay

>     > > Speaker: Will Wright

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#bungelingbay

>     > >

>     > > *Maniac Mansion

>     > > Speaker: Ron Gilbert

>     > > http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html#maniac

>     > >

>     > >

>     > > Read the full descriptions and speaker bios here.

>     > >

>     http://www.gdconf.com/conference/classicgames.html?cid=GDC11_UPDATE10

>     > >

>     > > --

>     > > Devin Monnens

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>     > >

>     > > The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

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