I decided to attend the Montreal International Game Summit and wow what a blast. I didnt meet anyone else from Winnipeg there, but that’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.
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 “Don’t you worry. We have more hats.” His kind smile melted my faux shell of pretentiousness. “Yes please” I said, and from that moment on they had a lonley Winnipeg puppy who was determined to make them his friends.
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’s game industry. Go check them out at http://www.bigvikinggames.com/ (http://www NULL.bigvikinggames NULL.com/) and know they are doing their best to bring you really fun games.
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