Bungie's Weinland and Cowan to keynote Game Design Expo
by Jason Dobson 
{ Nov 14th 2007 at 10:25AM }
Halo 3 may be a distant memory as gamers' collective eyes and thumbs have since moved on to other things, but this hasn't stopped organizers of Vancouver's Game Design Expo 2008 to invite representatives from developer Bungie to take the stage and wax poetic about their FPS darling. The event will take place at the Vancouver Film School, and will also include talks led by designers, producers, and CEOs from such companies as Activision, BioWare, Eidos, EA, and Stormfront Studios. Tickets for the Game Design Expo 2008, which runs from January 19-20, go on sale November 21.Bungie's speakers, namely audio lead Jay Weinland and director of cinematics CJ Cowan, are expected to talk at length about the tools and techniques used to create Halo 3's visuals, though we imagine once the microphone is turned over to the audience it won't take long for the topic to turn to what life is like after the dev's much-publicized divorce from Microsoft, including how they are holding up and, more importantly, who got to keep the dog.
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Jtenma @ Nov 14th 2007 10:30AM
MEH.
Silent Xenocide @ Nov 14th 2007 10:51AM
Sounds like it will be ridiculously fun, maybe I will go have a look. Anyone know what the prices are on the tickets?
Jake @ Nov 14th 2007 10:56AM
Cool. Despite what the fanboys on these sites scream, most console fps devs could learn a lot from the boys at Bungie. Nobody does it better.
Richard Garcia @ Nov 14th 2007 2:03PM
I attended the first GDX when I lived in Vancouver. For anyone wanting to get their foot in the industry, attend this event! Not only do you bond with future students but it's a fine start in putting your name out there to any other companies that are hiring.
@Xenocide:
I paid $25-35 CDN for my ticket last year.