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GDC 08: Daily Journal Day 1

By Alex Petraglia on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM EST  

9:30 AM

I’m up and out of the hotel pretty early. I have only the vaguest idea of where I’m walking. I see a lot of homeless people again on the way.

I pass by the San Francisco Chronicle and think for a moment that I see Jake Gyllenhall pass by.

I end up at the Moscone surprisingly quickly. In the lobby, I ask three different GDC show volunteers where the press office is and no one seems to know.

9:45 AM

I finally find my way up to the third floor where the press lounge is located and receive my badge.

I settle in at a desk to check my email and today’s early news.

N’Gai and Crecente are sitting across from me, debating the relevance of the SimExchange.

10:10 AM

Crecente and his sidekick McWhertor get up to move somewhere else because people keep coming over and introducing themselves to Brian.

11:00 AM

Shacknew’s world-famous Chris Faylor sat down across from me. Chief Shacking Officer Steve Gibson kindly asks me to tell him he’s a “huge fuckup.”

12:40 PM

I have a fantastic turkey sandwich for lunch. It’s served with orzo salad and a delicious brownie.

2:15 PM

Intel has a booth on this floor and at the behest of Chris Cossey, I check out these 3D goggles running a homebrew racer. The effect is really impressive and doesn’t give me a headache. That’s not me in the picture, by the way, but some guy who tried it out after me.

2:45 PM

There’s a group of boisterous Italian journalists here. One of them just proclaimed “Spore è fantastico!”

I’m discussing the importance of a pre-nup with the editors from Ripten.

4:10 PM

I’m in North Hall, now, where there’s a G4 trailer stationed outside and an X-Play set in the lobby.

I see Warren Spector from afar but he runs off in terror when I scream his name like a teenage girl at a Spice Girl’s concert.

5:50 PM

X-Play gets undue hate. I really do love these two.

6:30 PM

Someone could have told me the floor turns into stairs on the Muni. :( Boy was that embarrassing.

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3 Responses to “GDC 08: Daily Journal Day 1”

  1. GDC 2008 First day at a glance « Girth Industries on February 19th, 2008 1:39 pm

    [...] Most noteably Mr. Alex Petraglia of Primotech, who not only hooked me up with some kick ass info, but also tossed me some web traffic as well. What a super guy, right? I also chatted a while with GoNintendo’s RawMeatCowboy and Nicky [...]

  2. Trent Polack on February 19th, 2008 11:15 pm

    Is the California Academy of Sciences mascot a poisonous frog? Is that some kind of edgy art joke.

    “Ha ha. We’re artists! We’re poisoned by our creative minds!”

    Programmers just make bad binary jokes. :(

  3. Skyler Sutter on February 20th, 2008 3:59 am

    For more Warren Spector, listen to the 2/19/08 GFW Radio podcast.

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