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Sharply dressed Chris Charabaruk is standing at the front of the lecture theatre.

"I don't want to be buried in a cubicle farm that's a mile wide. But I want to survive."

"You have to pimp yourself," calls out someone in the audience. Others nod and murmur their agreement.

Someone at the back of the room adds, "If you tell an investor you don't care about the money, they'll run the other way."

Welcome to the Toronto Independent Games Conference, where hobbyists, students and aspiring entrepreneurs have gathered from August 31 to September 2 to share ideas on how to succeed in video gaming on their own terms.

Read the full article at <http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-09-21/goods_next.php>.