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WoW, Habbo Leaders to Keynote GDC Austin

Posted by Zonk on from the very-different-games dept.

Gamasutra reports that this year's GDC Austin (formerly the Austin Games Conference) will feature a pair of distinguished and very different speakers. "World of Warcraft father Michael Morhaime and creative leader behind Habbo Hotel Sulka Haro will each present a keynote lecture for the Online Games Track at the 2007 Austin Game Developers Conference. The two online entertainment innovators will draw on their experiences revolutionizing the way people interact in virtual worlds to motivate the online game development community to break boundaries and strive to create better games." The online-focused event is slated for early September this year, and the inclusion of a gent from Habbo indicates that titles other than just the AAAs are likely to be under scrutiny.

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  1. Re:As they say in habbo... by Mr+EdgEy · · Score: 5, Informative

    THERE'S AIDS IN THE POOL

  2. Re:As they say in habbo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    DAY I GOT AIDS.

  3. Re:If only... by Lehk228 · · Score: 3, Funny

    habbo is better.

    SL is known for random penises.

    sudden swastiget in the middle of the event would be priceless

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    Snowden and Manning are heroes.
  4. Re:As they say in habbo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I hear...they like mudkips.

    Do you like mudkips? There's alot of them. OVER 9000!

  5. -1, Gigantic Faggot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Memes are only funny when used appropriately, and you are not using it appropriately.

  6. Re:As they say in habbo... by hedgemage · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it wasn't for frequent raids on Habbo by ebaumsworld, I would never have heard of it.

  7. Re:As they say in habbo... by GammaKitsune · · Score: 2, Insightful

    GB2 /b/, lurk moar, liek mudkipz, etc. Habeeb it!

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    Gamertag: WyleType
  8. Re:As they say in habbo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Habbo may have a paltry 66 million, but Anonymous is infinite; omnipresent and without bound. We are unimpressed...