Thanks for the comments. And to your point, I agree the networking is important; didn’t mean to downplay that!

It’s rare, in my experience, to have so many people talking so honestly about the issues of the day–not to mention then also being able to talk about those issues with them, directly, and with others folks in attendance.

- Chris

Only comment on the GDC preso: On slide 8: Any long time attendee will tell you that the REAL value in GDC is in the networking. Sessions are good, but a distant second to the face time and hallway conversations.

@Jay W: I beleive the screenshot of Happy Farm is from James Gwertzman’s GDC presentation (also on slide share). James runs Popcap’s Shanghai studio, and is one of the smartest folk I know in the casual games biz.