GDC 2001 Recap

by Jason Della Rocca

This year's GDC was a great success for the IGDA. Each year, our presence and level of involvement with the conference increases - and 2001 was no exception. We hosted a full rosters of sessions; eased developers sore feet in our lobby-area lounge; conducted our Annual Meeting; put on a Suite Night party and just had fun doing all that and more.

Of special importance was the success of the 1st annual Game Developers Choice Awards, which was presented by the IGDA (in conjunction with the Gama Network). Watch out for our recap of that event.

Check out the following links for further info:

Game Developers Choice Awards
Gamasutra.com's event recap
IGDA GDC events schedule
GDC home

Here is a very limited amount of "behind-the-scenes" shots taken during the conference (all names are from left to right)

Pre-conference booth setup... It is amazing how all this stuff goes "up" in a matter of a couple of days.

Jacob Buck (center) and his co-workers from ITE enjoying the open bar at Microsoft's DirectXposure party. Jacob is the IGDA's Denmark Chapter coordinator.

Alex Jarett (IGDA chairman), Matt Toschlog (Outrage Entertainment and board member) and Jennifer Pahlka (Gama Network director, and IGDA executive director) chill out in front of the IGDA's suite during Suite Night parties.

A shot of the Gama Network party during Suite Night.

Kim Paillister (Intel) and Dan Wood (Matrox Graphics) enjoying an import at the Gama Network party.

Dave Weinstein (Red Storm) and Alex Jarett (IGDA Chairman) shake on the final closing of the IGDA - IGDN deal just prior to the IGDA's Annual Meeting

Alex Dunne (Gamasutra.com executive producer) tests the AV setup during preparation for the Game Developers Choice Awards...

Dara Tynefield (awards producer), Dave Weinstein (Red Storm), Jason White (Microsoft), Jennifer Pahlka, Jennifer Olsen (Game Developer Magazine) and Cliff Bleszinski (Epic Games) enjoying an import at the Main Event party.

CGDA charter member, Peter Freeze, found his old membership card under a pile of stinky socks just prior to coming out for GDC...