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 .