GDC Austin has now made the great social experiment known as the Voter’s Choice category available for perusal. Unfortunately, they’re using a crappy ajax-y thing that makes it difficult to enjoy voting. I was happily clicking away making new tabs … and then realized it doesn’t support that. Booo!

Anyway, the voting itself is a good idea. Brent and I need your support! Go hit up the site, make a login, and then vote for our submission: “Playing Nice With Alternative Media”. The best way I’ve seen to locate it is to search for the term ‘podcast’. As far as I can tell, we’re the only session even touching on the subject.

Here’s our blurb. Vote Quimby!

Playing Nice with Alternative Media
Speaker/s: Brent Lassi
Track / Format: Online Games – Community and Marketing / Panel
Overview: A blended panel of industry and independent bloggers and podcasters will discuss the pros and cons of interfacing with alternative gaming press. Are independent blogs and podcasts a threat to the aims of game studios and publishers or can they represent a valuable channel for community building and information dissemination? Also, what value do studio-operated blogs and podcasts provide in terms of community building and product marketing? Are corporate blogs and podcasts able to break through to audiences without compromising the traditionally anti-commerce format of blogs and podcast and consequently drawing ire from the gaming audience?

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