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Mike Boeh
03-10-2005, 07:34 PM
Pic1: From left to right, Mike Welch (blitwise), Brian Fisher (arcadetown), mike boeh (retro64) in front of the conference center...
http://www.retro64.com/bf2222/P1010003.JPG

Pic2: Brian, Mike, Mike, and Dan MacDonald
http://www.retro64.com/bf2222/P1010007.JPG
Sirrus
03-10-2005, 08:37 PM
I was expecting you to look older Mike ;)
svero
03-10-2005, 10:06 PM
Ahhh... the magic of photoshop. Mike is actually 68!
Chris Evans
03-10-2005, 10:14 PM
George was right after all. Mike, you're too young to read this thread: http://forums.indiegamer.com/showthread.php?t=196

;)
Andy
03-10-2005, 11:43 PM
Hell! That guys are walking there. Take everyday parties with each other. Drink amount of... juices - look at thier faces! ;)
And I'm sitting hear and read loosy comments on our great games.

Is it a fair life?! :D
Sirrus
03-11-2005, 07:28 AM
Hell! That guys are walking there. Take everyday parties with each other. Drink amount of... juices - look at thier faces! ;)
And I'm sitting hear and read loosy comments on our great games.

Is it a fair life?! :D

So I'm assuming you had way too much...juice...before posting today?

:D
Andy
03-11-2005, 07:53 AM
So I'm assuming you had way too much...juice...before posting today?

Yeah, buddy! I have to stick to juice - have not enough money to buy Dope Farmer - to learn another options. :p
arcadetown
03-11-2005, 08:00 AM
Who's the dork with the red hair hangin out with all those other cool dudes? :cool:

Couple pics were after the Shockwave party where they had free drinks and before the Real/Gamehouse party where they had, you guessed it, more free drinks. A quote from Daniel with Sandlot Games said... "GDC is one giant hangover".

As always was great to meet and chat with everyone! Funny how you have a mental image of certain guys from phone/email and how it is once really meet up. Everybody was actually really cool, perhaps expected a few stuffy types but it really didn't happen.
Jim Buck
03-11-2005, 08:15 AM
Hey, where was everyone at last night's IG.com meetup?? It was a cool time at Denny's for those of us that did show up. :)
Mike Boeh
03-11-2005, 09:34 AM
Hey, where was everyone at last night's IG.com meetup?? It was a cool time at Denny's for those of us that did show up. :)

The realarcade party was upstairs at the same place as the meetup. But it's hard to turn down free drinks and stuff. We got a lot more pics, so i figure we will post them here... btw, i am 33, not so young anymore :(
Sirrus
03-11-2005, 10:01 AM
Not much young blood here anymore...
Need people like us to keep you timers on your toes ;)
tolik
03-11-2005, 10:18 AM
Yeah, it's US. Last time we were meeting up with a lot of people in Seattle (this February), we literally thought they were kids to grown-ups. But later we found out they were 25-30+... It's quite interesting to see how people of different age look differently all over the world :)
Andy
03-11-2005, 11:40 AM
Couple pics were after the Shockwave party where they had free drinks

See guys! - Don't try to fool old Andy ;)
Thanks for a chance to let us know the truth Brian.

Saying seriously, don't pay attention to old far.er Andy guys! I'm happy that you are there and I'm just jelows a little bit. OK? ;)
arcadetown
03-11-2005, 05:22 PM
Here's some more. Think Action has lots more shots which hopefully he will post.

Abraham/Action, Mike, Dustin-Sillysoft (http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic3.jpg) (edit)
More Cool Indie Guys (http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic2.jpg)
Gamehouse guys (http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic4.jpg) 2nd from left is a GH original.
Daniel from Sandlot (http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic1.jpg)
Who's the handsome "devil" in the middle? (http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic5.jpg)
Sillysoft
03-12-2005, 01:03 AM
Wowsa, there be giants beside me ;) . And my real-life name is Dustin - just one letter off. I've learned to introduce myself to other indiegamer guys as Sillysoft, matching my username here.

Anyway, it was cool seeing you guys, and everyone else from here. Till next time...
Mike Boeh
03-14-2005, 10:11 AM
Here's 2 more...

James C. Smith in front of the Real Arcade booth:
http://www.retro64.com/bf2222/james_real.jpg

Me in front of the same booth:
http://www.retro64.com/bf2222/mike_real.jpg

....more to come, I think "Action" got a lot of pics too...
James C. Smith
03-14-2005, 03:33 PM
Reflexive Crew in front of Wik booth (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/Reflexive_Crew_at_GDC_Wik_IGF_Booth.JPG) Brian, Lars, James, Ernie, Ion, and Simon
Display Area for All the IGF finalists (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Area_4.JPG)
IGF Awards Party (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Awards_Party.JPG) Simon (Reflexive), Ion (Reflexive), Johnathan Skinner (Veggie Games), and a few guys form Digital Builders who made Protöthea
IGF Award Global Defense Network (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Award_Global_Defense_Network.JPG)
IGF Award Rocket Bowl (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Award_Rocket_Bowl.JPG)
IGF Award Alien Hominid (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Award_Alien_Hominid.JPG)
IGF Award Wik (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Award_Wik.JPG)
IGF Award Gish (http://www.kimberandjames.com/clip/gdcphotos/IGF_Award_Gish.JPG)
svero
03-14-2005, 05:50 PM
It's kind of funny you know... i keep hearing this mantra about the soccer moms being the target audience for downloadable games and so on... and as I look at the display area for igf finalists pic I can't help but notice that there are pretty much no women at all. I realize it's not always the case, but even so there's something a little odd about the idea of all these 25-35 year old guys programming games for 30-40 yr old women.
luggage
03-14-2005, 05:56 PM
Always been the case. Never many females in game development so I wouldn't expect to find many at a developers conference.
PoV
03-14-2005, 07:57 PM
... I realize it's not always the case, but even so there's something a little odd about the idea of all these 25-35 year old guys programming games for 30-40 yr old women.Yes, while a team of 20-30 year old guys making games for 6-10 year old girls makes total sense.

Pappy, and the few other ladies that I'm sure *must* be there... watching... observing... waiting for the moment to strike... I can't imagine what the appeal is. To me, as a guy (last I checked), I'm confident that I'm clinically insane, and see game programming as the mental equivalent of extreme sports. As I sword-fight my way through linear algebra, catch a wave with my compiler, grind the rails of artificial intelligence, climb the rocky surface of game art and jump through the flaming hoops of game design ... this has to be the worst analogy ever.
Anthony Flack
03-15-2005, 12:00 AM
Mike, you stand accused of shirt crimes. The case for the prosecution:

http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic3.jpg
Dan MacDonald
03-15-2005, 12:27 AM
Hah hah, ya what's up with the collar in that shot? It didn't look like that all the time...
Anthony Flack
03-15-2005, 12:53 AM
A charge has been laid against all visible extrusions of the shirt.
Air
03-15-2005, 05:34 AM
It's kind of funny you know... i keep hearing this mantra about the soccer moms being the target audience for downloadable games and so on... and as I look at the display area for igf finalists pic I can't help but notice that there are pretty much no women at all. I realize it's not always the case, but even so there's something a little odd about the idea of all these 25-35 year old guys programming games for 30-40 yr old women.
Hmm.. How many women (non-actresses) are listed in the credits of your average daytime soap or Lifetime original movie?

(seriously, I don't know the answer but would be very curious to know what it is).
James C. Smith
03-15-2005, 07:53 AM
Mike, you stand accused of shirt crimes. The case for the prosecution:

http://www.arcadetown.com/i/gdc05pic3.jpg

At least he is not wearing a t-shirt or any clothing with writing on it. ;-) Don’t listen to them Mike. You look great. The camera just caught you in the middle of a heap compaction / defragmentation. :eek:
Mike Boeh
03-17-2005, 09:30 AM
Hehe I don't know what was going on there :) I attribute it to being at the Real Arcade party where the drinks were free all night long. They must have spent some serious money on that party. It was at a really nice place, with good food, drinks, and even little silver gamehouse coasters. Rumor has it that one of the gogo dancers posed for a pic with Dan MacDonald :o
Jim Buck
03-17-2005, 11:25 AM
Actually, it looks like you just got done playing the game "5 minutes of 'anything goes' in a closet with someone". :)
Matthew
03-17-2005, 11:46 AM
and even little silver gamehouse coasters.

I think Flashbang ended up with at least 10 of those, if you count up our collective pilfering efforts.

Anyone have a picture of the gratuitously bearded man shaking it on the dance podium? He's our lead artist, and got up there for a bit (even scarier, he was sober). I saw a camera flash during his jig, but couldn't see who took the shot.