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GDC – Day 4, sort of.

It’s day four of the GDC, more or less.  The first two days of the GDC were only open to pass holders who paid for the summits – which included the Serious Games Summit, which I was interested in attending.  However, upgrading to the two day pre-main conference pass provided by the IGDA scholarship was prohibitively expensive.  The all access pass costs around $2,000.  With the high prices of passes, it’s pretty clear who this event is aimed at.  The average attendee seems to be white, male, 30’s to 40’s and an employee at a major game firm, i.e. Midway, Sony, Nintendo, and the like.

Seriously, I think the conference is about 80% male.  I’ve seen more men with a combination of beer bellies, goatees and pony tails in the past few days than at any other time in my life combined .