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		Case study in how not to conduct a GDC demo (thestandard.com)
		6 points by ilamont on Feb 21, 2008 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

hobbs on Feb 21, 2008 [–]

"You should come try it at our booth at the Game Developers Conference. Then you'll see it really works and we're not lying."

Ouch! I'm no PR expert, but I'd think that lying is one thing you neither admit nor deny. Best to just presume honesty, otherwise you'll wind up looking shifty either way.

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