So I visited Game in the City this week on friday, was pretty neat. Most notable lecture of the day was the keynote by the awesome Keita Takahashi, former designer of Katamari Damacy and Nobi Nobi Boy. While most lectures were about business tactics and technology, his was about three things foremost: Love, world peace and cars. A very inspiring and uplifting speech. Most surprising was that he had not only been unemployed and on welfare until quite recently, he had also left the videogame industry by choice, often feeling like he didn't belong there. We all feel like that sometimes. These days he was working on a children's playground in Nottingham.
I found him afterwards, complemented him on his lecture and asked for an autograph. Luckily he obliged: I haven't even played his games, but his lecture was the best.
