EA Mythic's Creative Director Paul Barnett has slammed the Game Developers Conference for the "combative" experience its fosters among developers. GameDaily has the story.
"Mythic wanted me to go there. And I effectively said 'Well, I don't like GDC.' Which turned out to be the wrong thing to say. Apparently I've now learned that if you're in the games industry, and someone says 'GDC' what you're supposed to do is say lots and lots of lovely things about how wonderful they are," Barnett quipped.
He continued, "I'm not going to GDC because it's combative, it's a peacock display and it's full of people who do what I do or want to do what I do or are doing what I do and don't want me to do it anymore. It's not open-minded. It's very narrow-minded. We're all talking about the same thing. We've all sharpened our knives for years at it, so we get into... well, not a fight, but it's always about the same things."
