When I attended GDC for the first (and only) time in 2016, it's not that I expected it to look like what BSC would eventually be… but I thought it'd be more like that than… whatever it was. Even if I never get invited (likely!), I'm overjoyed that BSC exists. You should be too.

I attended GDC in 2018, as a student and indie game developer, looking for internships. There were many cool people and companies, but beyond GDC’s absurd nickel and diming, the conference focus & content was a huge letdown. As one example, I went to a talk with “optimization” in the title, only to find that they meant optimizing user attention and monetization, in frankly exploitative ways. Disgusting.

@rfleury @rezich Had the opportunity to go in 2016 and 2018. There were definitely good talks to be found, but far fewer than I expected. It was hard to even fill my schedule with stuff I cared about. I agree it was pretty disappointing.