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Game Developers Rant! [gamespy.com] article covering a GDC 2005 panel where long-time industry folks got up to speak their mind on the state of game development. I'm sorry I missed seeing it in person. A full transcript of the session is also available.

And here's an article from an interview with my divison boss about what's up with Windows gaming these days: Microsoft talks PC gaming, Longhorn, 64-bit, and XNA updates [gamespot.com]

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Just when I thought this job was getting comfortable. I was just asked by my boss to look into the cost of getting to a Game Developer Conference in Moscow the first weekend in April. That is in less than two weeks...

Wow.

Update: After getting over my initial trepidation about long flights (and realizing that I travel international enough to get business class instead of coach for the 14+ hours of flight time each way), it actually would be kinda fun. Anyone know what Moscow is like in early April? I'm assuming cold as hell. My experience with the South Korean flight last year was a good prep and got all my vaccinations in order for international travel.

Oh, maybe I can get one f those urban legend hot Russian mail-order brides who game while I'm there :>