Man, that was way too much alcohol last night. I’m finally starting to feel like a human being again. As expected, DICE 2011 is awesome. It’s fantastic chatting with incredible developers, catching up with friends, and watching RPadholic N8R. We just had a fun lunch with some major players in the videogame industry. I can’t wait for him to tell you his impressions of Michael Pachter. I’m positive you’ll be surprised.
I’ve said this several times over the last few years — DICE is my favorite videogame conference by far. It’s a relatively small show that’s attended by some of the most brilliant people in the business. It’s truly an honor to attend. To give you an idea of how intimate the setting is, the first person N8R and I bumped into at The Red Rock Hotel was BioWare’s Dr. Ray Muzyka. This morning we shared a cab with the amazing Mark Cerny. I respect and admire the hell out of both of these guys. I’m having my usual excellent time at this year’s show, but it’s fascinating watching N8R meet these people and imagining what he’s thinking.
As for me, it was cool catching up with former Nintendo of American VP Perrin Kaplan. She’s an awesome woman and she shared some great Nintendo stories during our interview. EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich — the number one analyst in the video game business IMHO — shared his thoughts on the upcoming Nintendo 3DS vs. Sony NGP.
I’ll update the comments section of this post throughout the day. Thank you guys for keeping the site active while I’m at the show!
I can't wait to read some cool stuff.
I thought you today Ray when I was reading on Ars about the panel that had Morhaime and some bioware guys on it. Just curious….what do you think of ToR?
Totally fawned over Cerny in our interview. Must have called him awesome about fifty times. That man is great.
@Rpad
So am I .Will you fawn over me?
I love the AIAS Interactive Achievement Awards. Thrilled to be here for Dr. Ray and Dr. Greg getting inducted into the AIAS hall of fame.
I wish I was there for that, I can't wait for PAX for two reasons well, make it three.
1. Finally get to meet you
2. Its PAX
3. Its only the second east coast PAX and I am curious about what you will think of it.
Hung out with a lot of old G4 friends last night, mostly from production. Those guys are cool. I miss them.