Pretty much everyone but me and Lum went to GDC last week. Anyone asking why I would go to GDC need to talk to the people who were telling me I ought to go, “so I could make contacts.” Contact THIS.

Cosmik has many links, most not about GDC. Raph’s keynote reveals that he’s still talking about the same things, and a rant session transcript reveals that game makers would just as soon see people trade their games over the Internet for free if it meant the game industry could collapse and somehow be rebuilt from the ruins. (Seriously, it looks like a good session. Warren Spector, Greg Costikyan and Chris Hecker. Glorious.)

Then there was this thing about Emily Dickinson. Because I could not stop for Will Wright, he kindly stopped for GDC. He wants to make a game called “Spore”. What, was “Simegma” taken?

EDIT: Spore pictures. Thanks Rei.