Bloggers Get the Skinny
Okay, as I so loudly bragged about last week, I attended GDC in San Jose, where it was sunny, pleasant, and unlike home, not snowing. I also had the fabulous fortune of attending the keynote speeches of Phil Harrison from Sony, Satoru Iwata from Nintendo, and everyone’s favourite creative genius, Will Wright.
I have disappointing news. After listening to the ooo-ing and ahhh-ing of the crowd as Harrison and Iwata outlined some of the plans for their current and future projects, I sat there clutching my little clipboard wondering when the hell they were going to say something I didn’t already know. How can I report on things that have been buzzing around the net for months? How is that interesting for anyone? Am I wasting my time??
It was at that juncture, amidst the excited rumblings of my fellow attendees that I realized something very important: blogging is where it’s at. It may not have the glitz and glamour of a paid position at IGN, where your requirement is to look indie and randomly declared “IGN 4tw!” on the expo floor, but you know what? It’s where the dirt is. We, through our insane network of RSS feeds and gossip loving fellow bloggers, get the skinny on things well ahead of most of the poor saps in the industry. We’re the news breakers, the rumour creators and busters, the place where all in the realm of possibility can be posted for commentary and flaming.
So, I suppose this post is to tip my hat at the game blogging community. Information first, fast, and although at times faulty, never unamusing.
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