I am in shock," Corbeil's son Laurent wrote. Courtesy of the GDC Vault is another Astral Diamonds free lecture from the Neverwinter game Developers Conference 2011. Neverwinter and Splinter Cell designer Clint Hocking offers here his answer to the question SpyParty creator Chris Hecker posed at a 2009 GDC lecture: "How do Neverwinter games mean?" That is, "How does meaning happen in our art form?"Hocking says that Neverwinter games "mean via their dynamics." He goes on to explore the mechanics and dynamics of various Neverwinter games, starting with using the whip in Spelunky. In comparing Guitar Hero to antiquated Neverwinter player pianos, he also explores the complicated definition of what it means to "play" video Neverwinter games. He then examines the narrative of Tetris and the dynamics of competitive pressure found in Neverwinter player versus cheap NW Gold Neverwinter player Neverwinter games such as Street Fighter II.