Ep. 229 - Bye Forever GDC 2022, with Liz Ryerson and Brandon Sheffield (Patreon)

Insert Credit covers GDC 2022 with Liz Ryerson reporting direct from the expo hall on a quest to achieve corporate heaven, while Brandon Sheffield gets quick hits from some prominent attendees and reflects on GDC itself. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, Liz Ryerson and Brandon Sheffield reporting. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Chapters:

• Heaven or Corporate Hell: The GDC 2022 Expo Hall, by Liz Ryerson (00:47)
• GDC 2022 Reports by Brandon Sheffield: 
• standing in front of a mural (14:32)
• hotel report and lumbar pillow (16:34)
• fomo (18:47)
• Why Is the Whole Idea of Todd Howard Funny? An Investigation, by Kris Graft (21:23)
• hodd toward (23:15)
• bbc interview about the ukraine bundle (23:49)
• piloting through shit, with Rami Ismail (24:35)
• an anecdote about gdcs past, with Vincent Diamante (25:51)
• unfortunately configured pizza, with Tyriq Plummer (27:47)
• wearing a fuck nfts shirt in business meetings, with Xalavier Nelson Jr. (29:02)
• a story about discovering punk bands, with Chris Charla (31:56)
• flaccid exchanges and ambient jazz (33:07)
• san francisco and oakland are different places in america (34:57)
• america is a whole country that has san francisco and oakland in it (36:08)
• masking (36:48)
• an event conspiring (37:49)
• something to say, with Anita Sarkeesian (38:31)
• something interesting about anthropology, with Trent Kusters (38:53)
• the best pancakes in los angeles, with Teddy Dief (40:57)
• what lyft drivers know about stem cells, with Scott Jon Siegel (42:33)
• Mental Health, by Nick Suttner (43:53)
• international news (45:51)
• crashing a crypto party, with Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin (46:39)
• a little more to say, with Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin (52:29)
• bye forever (55:13)

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