tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:02:52 +0000This blogs all about me @ GDC 10 !!!! (Game Developers Conference) So yea, get all the 411 right here from "da MAN Mortega" on da Street at GDC!!! w00t! w00t!http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)Blogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-6857387340554922442Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:08:00 +00002010-03-09T19:10:40.108-08:00Hey hey hey!AJ da Man Mortega here and I'm currently at my secret lair in Stockton,CA. It's still a secret Shhhhhhh! I'll be heading out to San Fran tomorrow morning and will be attending Microsoft's BIG event and the IGDA party w00t w00t! So hope to catch some of you peeps there.Will update ya'll again, pz!http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2010/03/leaving-for-san-fran-2mro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-1880734151131040075Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:50:00 +00002008-12-11T23:15:58.215-08:00Well I must say this week has been one of the many amazing types of weeks to soon follow in the near future. I've learned so much within this short time, met and networked with so many people and still had room for tons of fun. I'm glad I took this opportunity, this investment towards my future. After attending the last and final conference, I felt a tad bit sad that the conference was over with.http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/end-of-gdc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-4065443865049692675Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:06:00 +00002007-03-09T00:21:15.517-08:00Well nothing could top the happenings from last night. I was really upset with myself, because I sooo wanted Miyamoto to sign my 1st copy Super Mario Bros/Duckhunt NES cartridge. But noooooooo I forgot it in my hotel! Grrrrrrrrr! But hey I guess the picture is worth more.A quick re-cap of today's keynote.No super huge announcements.Mario Galaxy shipping later this year.New type of Mii channel to http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-4-nintendo-keynote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-4063298349528316815Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:03:00 +00002008-12-11T23:15:59.521-08:00Must I say anything else???This is Alexei Pazhitnov, he made Tetris!!!I met a bunch more people too........Well to quickly recap the important stuff of the day.Sony announced their GAME 3.0 Philosophy. Similar to the Web 2.0Sony announced their new piece to the PS3 which is called HOME a virtual online environment that utilizes customizable avatars. (Think Second Life but with better graphics) http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/day-3-awards-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-2532835559977816953Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:12:00 +00002007-03-07T00:17:04.367-08:00The IGDA party was freaking awesome! I am soooooooooooo beat. As you can see every day I keep getting in later and later and the parties get bigger and bigger. I tried getting into a Second Life party, but was not successful. Sux cause all the Linden Lab people were there.Anyways I saw, listened, and met tons of people.I will update this later. I should have some time during the day tomorrow, I http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/gdc-day-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-989829380464345670Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:31:00 +00002008-12-11T23:15:59.714-08:00WOW!!! I am exhausted... Please forgive me but I'm going to have to finish my entry tomarrow as I am beat and have to wake up early again. But let me tell you, I met sooooooooooo many cool people today. It was just amazing, lets just say I met a couple of dudes from Square Enix, had lunch with some MTV video game devs, drinks with a bunch of Serious game developers, and partied with the entire http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/gdc-day-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-1414050456195104320Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:35:00 +00002008-12-11T23:16:01.646-08:00So yea I'm sort of stuck behind bars, but I escaped because the door was left open.Alcatraz was just one of the places I visited on this jam packed day. I walked all along the bay front, along the beach, onto piers, past museums, stores, restaurants, into the Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39. Oh yea did I forget to mention that I rode the cable car.Another amazing day.Started off early in the morning, http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/help-im-in-jail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-7576092496449180508Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:46:00 +00002007-03-03T23:15:50.472-08:00My oh my what a day it has been. It's currently 10:47pm PST and 12:47am CST and the weather is fairly well at around 40+ degrees with a high of around 60+ degrees.Well let me back up a bit. As procrastination had it, I barely made it out of my house with all of my stuff. I didn't even have my suitcase ready until about 30mins before I left the house. The drive towards Midway was quick and withouthttp://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/hello-sunny-california.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544777037155402801.post-640299988217600072Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:59:00 +00002007-03-01T23:11:16.748-08:00GDC_PassOriginally uploaded by Low-Light. It's 12:25am on a Friday and I'm currently getting all my stuff ready for GDC!!! Currently I'm fixing my communication tools (blogs, youtube vlogs, camera, songs and more stuff...) I also need to send out a crap load of e-mails and time is not getting any slower.As usual, I've not packed anything yet. Procrastination ftw!Quickly to give a brief overview http://gdcmortega.blogspot.com/2007/03/gdcpass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (A.J. "Da Man" Mortega)2