More GDC

So yesterday I attended a lecture on mocap by House of Moves, the Microsoft keynote, Neil Young’s keynote (EA), the Zelda evolution lecture, and 6 minutes of the final HL2 lecture before I had to duck out with mild food poisoning.

Needless to say I won’t be drinking any more GDC coffee, or eating anymore GDC sandwiches.

The best lecture was by Neil Young. Think what you like about EA – but they are giving the people what they want. I find them very hit and miss but you can’t doubt the production values and overall quality of product. Young gave a little bit of an insight into the thinking behind the concepts at EA. Basically defining and setting in stone the core concept of the project in one sentence.

He also showed a fantastic ‘Mario movie’. He was demonstrating the difference between a game and an entertainment product. If you can track this movie down – get it. It’s REALLY cool. Hopefully it’ll be on the GDC DVD.

The Zelda lecture was interesting and well translated. There was a lot of talk about the ‘reality’ of Zelda. Even though it is a fantasy world, they make sure there is a reality to it. Also some talk about how Zelda was a stew – or something.

Got to plan my lectures today. Want to see the ICO lecture today for sure.

More later,

Nic.

posted by Nic @ 3:22 PM 0 comments