February 3, 2005 - The D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain to you and me) Summit takes place in Las Vegas every year, and attracts hundreds of developers and publishers from around the industry.

While the event mainly features industry-focused conferences aimed at the development community, it does give us a chance to catch up with some of the developers and find out what they're working on and how their current projects are coming along. Plus, since it's in Vegas, we get to gamble and drink... and drink some more... then throw up and start drinking again.

Anyway, here are some pictures from this year's conference. After you're done here, be sure to check out the various IGN sites for our written coverage of the show as well as a few video interviews we shot with the likes of Microsoft's Ken Lobb, Double Fine's Tim Schaeffer, Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka from BioWare as well as comic-legend Stan Lee.

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A banner!


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Developers are restless sorts.


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id's Graeme Devine looking particularly evil.


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Hungover networking.


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This is what happens when game developers party down.


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Game Informer's Andy Mac discussing the importance of regular colon cleansings.


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Lorne Lanning or Dark Master Beelzebub? You decide.


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Rowr!!! But which one are we talking about?


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Cliffy B., N'Gai Croal, Tommy Tallarico, Jay Wilbur, Jay Wilbur's tiny conjoined twin and Geoff Keighley. (left to right)


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The man we respectfully call KLobb.


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Is there a doctor in the house? Why yes, there are at least two! Greg and Ray from BioWare can cure what ails ya'.


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Although not a doctor, Vivendi's Sarita Churchill also has the cure for all your ills. Mercy!