I recently had an interview test for a game programming position, followed by a face to face interview with a game dev company, here in Toronto. The interview test went well, and left me with a good sense of my abilities. I was then scheduled to come in for an interview later on that week.

Long story short, I blew it at the interview. Questions that I knew the answer to ended up being 'err...umm...der.... sorry, um....'; it was painful.

It's self-evident that my technical skills need to be reinforced by improved 'soft skills' and networking opportunities.

I have no friends that are interested in video game programming, so I'd have to go at it alone but, does anyone have any suggestions for game programming/development networking in Toronto?