GDC 2009 Archive
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![In less than four years, Harmonix has successfully birthed not one but two extremely successful franchises that have both moved to a yearly format. First there was Guitar Hero, which […]](http://www.bytica.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "GDC 09: Dan Teasdale on Rock Band 2")
GDC 09: Dan Teasdale on Rock Band 2
Posted on March 28, 2009 | No CommentsIn less than four years, Harmonix has successfully birthed not one but two extremely successful franchises that have both moved to a yearly format. First there was Guitar Hero, which […] -
GDC 09: Star Tracking Coming to Rock Band 2?
Posted on March 28, 2009 | No CommentsAt Dan Teasdale’s Rock Band 2 GDC session Friday morning, he mentioned that Harmonix was looking towards adding a patch that would add star-tracking ratings to Rock Band 2 as […] -
GDC 09: Jeff Kaplan on Directed Gameplay Within WoW
Posted on March 28, 2009 | No CommentsONE OF THE MORE POPULAR SESSIONS at GDC was Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan talking about quest structure in World of Warcraft. Entitled “The Cruise Director of Azeroth,†Kaplan talked about […] -
GDC 09: Worst Expo Ever?
Posted on March 27, 2009 | No CommentsAfter 3 days, I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the worst GDC Expo I’ve been to in 10 years covering videogames. There have been plenty of interesting sessions, […] -
GDC 09: Gordon Walton’s “10 Things Great Designers Exhibitâ€
Posted on March 26, 2009 | No CommentsYOU’D THINK BY NOW THAT GDC would be properly prepared for Gordon Walton sessions. One of the elder statesmen of game design, Walton is now at Bioware Austin working on […] -
GDC 09: Valve on Playtesting
Posted on March 26, 2009 | No CommentsI always try to catch Valve sessions at GDC, because almost everyone recognizes how far ahead of the curve they are when it comes to game development processes. Valve’s Mike […] -
GDC 09: The Game Developers Choice Awards
Posted on March 25, 2009 | No CommentsFOR YEARS, YOU COULD SAY I was a bit obsessed with videogame awards. Historically at GameSpy, we’d give awards out around right before Christmas, and then I’d get annoyed at […] -
GDC 09 Game Design Challenge: “My First Timeâ€
Posted on March 25, 2009 | No CommentsONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT SESSIONS of GDC every year is the “Game Design Challenge,†conceived and moderated by the gregarious Eric Zimmerman. The concept is simple: Three game designers are […] -
GDC 09: Blizzard at the OC Airport
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No CommentsThis is my first GDC 2009 post, and — for reasons I can’t really explain — I’m planning on writing about it all week. Why, when I’m freed from the […]