Justin Fic, Keynote Presentation: NY Games Conference

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I’ve been going OCD on themes when it comes to the site. They’re either too narrow and claustrophobic or they’re too open and have no structure. Anyway I dig this one for now; I just need to whip up a background graphic. If I can keep the momentum going I’ll have something by the end of the weekend. In general, it’s been hard to stay focused on things outside of work lately. Even taking the time to play games has become a much bigger undertaking than it should be. (It should be NO undertaking.) I noticed I had the same problem while working for Petroglyph in Las Vegas- my time management skills are complete rubbish when I’m scheduling around a full time job. Weekday nights I’m basically worthless, and weekends feel horribly rushed. Something I have to figure out, because this is how mid-life crises happen.

In other news, I just gave a Keynote presentation at the NY Games Conference here in Manhattan on Thursday, “iPhone Games: Bum Rushing New Platforms For Fun and Profit.” I think it went quite well, despite only having about 24 hours to prepare something. The younger folks especially seemed to dig on it, and the suits (by which this conference was primarily attended) not so much, but with stills from the movie Predator, David Bowie, and comparing the launch of the iTunes App Store to a Zerg rush, that was to be expected. Could this lead to future public appearances? If so, god help you all.

I couldn’t get to see much of the show (half of Day 1, and none of day 2) but I hope it takes off. The east coast needs more game conferences. I’d love to see it bigger, and expanded past the company bigwigs.  Personally, I’d also love to see E3 come back in all its circus-sideshow glory, but that’s a topic for another post.