{"id":2702,"date":"2013-11-14T14:36:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrymatthes.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2024-03-06T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:10:30","slug":"migs-2013-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrymatthes.com\/2024\/2013\/11\/14\/migs-2013-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"MIGS 2013 Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to attend the Montreal International Game Summit and wow what a blast. I didnt meet anyone else from Winnipeg there, but that&#8217;s OK becuase I meet some really nice people who made me feel at home instantly. There were a lot of nice recruiters there and I would reccommend anyone with a portfolio ready to go attend. They gave me some great feed back and never made me feel like I was wasting my time even after standing in line for an hour to tak to some of them.<\/p>\n<p>After the end of the first day I was standing alone in the lobby wondering how to kill time until the after party. To my left a man with a pretty sweet beard was handing out furry viking hats. I wanted one, but he gave away the last one in his hand before I could pipe up. I pretended to toil away on my smart phone not wanting to show the hurt I was masking inside for missing out. Somehow though he could sense my want. He called me out for pretending to look busy and said &#8220;Don&#8217;t you worry. We have more hats.&#8221; His kind smile melted my faux shell of pretentiousness. &#8220;Yes please&#8221; I said, and from that moment on they had a lonley Winnipeg puppy who was determined to make them his friends.<\/p>\n<p>All of the team members from Big Viking were beyond nice and I wanted to say thank you for making me feel like one of the guys that weekend. We had a lot of fun at the MIGS party and they helped me meet some really great people from all over Montreal&#8217;s game industry. Go check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigvikinggames.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bigvikinggames.com\/<\/a> and know they are doing their best to bring you really fun games.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.terrymatthes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cupcake.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2707\" alt=\"Konami Code Cupcakes\" src=\"https:\/\/terrymatthes.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cupcake.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terrymatthes.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cupcake.jpg 644w, https:\/\/terrymatthes.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/cupcake-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to attend the Montreal International Game Summit and wow what a blast. I didnt meet anyone else from Winnipeg there, but that&#8217;s OK becuase I meet some really nice people who made me feel at home instantly. 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