Kasz216 on 29 March 2013
| Scoobes said: Am I the only one who thinks that this was simply inappropriate for GDC? I don't think it's offensive in the slightest but I don't expect to go to a conference with industry professionals and see scantily clad dancing girls (or dancing men for that matter... unless the industry is porn in which case you should get lots of both and a whole lot more to boot). Anyway, it's just unprofessional. Save this stuff for E3 and other more "fun" shows. |
That it's inappropriate is exactly why it is considered offensive by number of female game designers.
The problem though... is for a job like this 60-70% of it is who you know. In otherwords it's networking.
Therefore, if you avoid these parties because they hire someone offensive, you are losing out.
To use a more extreme example it's like holding networking social meetings for your employees and other companies at a strip club. Or just buisness meetings in general. (This totally happens FYI).
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-03-22-strip-clubs-usat_x.htm
So even with "fun" shows it's kind of fucking with peoples careers in a way that's unneeded.
I don't think it's unreasonabe to aknowledge that fact.
