I'm always defending GDC against its haters because I believe it's still a valuable gathering place. Not this time though. In a time when we have record layoffs and industry-wide fear of AI taking more jobs. Just a real bad look.

I stared at this in my feed wondering who the fuck Brandon was before realizing this is a mail to you and not just their website lol

I'm thinking of going, but just hanging out in the park, rather than going to any of the talks or the pavilions.

Even worse when the annual survey they just released had several questions regarding the layoffs and usage of AI and their link too...

GDC can never resist a trend-following sub conference that will be gone a few years later. It’s the fly in the ointment every year, but I try to take solace in knowing it will eventually be replaced with something else.

Ugffffff fuck this shit

All we can do is look forward to the reckoning when the AI bubble bursts as hard as NFTs did before it. It's going to suck for devs until then, but I hope they all get to gloat over multiple publisher failures in the meantime.

Yikes. Read the freakin' room, GDC.

ugh, basically ugh.....

I wonder at what point their moral judgement was compromised?

a cartoon character says hello i like money while holding a microphone

ALT: a cartoon character says hello i like money while holding a microphone

not the first one as well I really hope these people soon feel like the NFT and Metaverse freaks

Creative Future with Artificial Intelligence

YouTube video by GDC 2025