Some good things that happened at GDC in 2014

• A long, 4AM conversation about the nature of games, the trajectories of our careers and our current plans and state of mind, between @lauraehall, @minkette, @edclef, @nachimir (until he fell asleep) and me.

• Discovering H & T had started seeing each other, and them both being the absolutely most adorable about it.

• Discovering, as I bounded up the stairs to go program the config for Mega-A͈L͈P͈H͈A͈B͈E͈T͈ while doing the tech setup for That Party, that I both really enjoy, and am actually quite good at doing tech for our events.

• People liking the things we did.

• At Lost Levels, I walked past a friend sitting on the grass with a group of people I didn’t know, enjoying an animated conversation. Then another, doing the same. Then I walked past Davd Kanaga pulling a scary face at a baby. That was great.

• Inventing “Boop”

• Not worrying about hanging with the cool kids. Or spending the week refreshing Twitter, hoping to find out about a better place to be. But instead, spending the week hanging with people who I liked & respected, and who seem to like and respect me.