If you’re headed over to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference in a couple of weeks… well, first off, consider yourself lucky as it looks like the entire conference is going to be pretty spectacular this year! On our end, we’re feeling pretty excited about GDC09 as well since three Naughty Dogs will be taking part in three separate sessions during the week. If you happen to be in town early to check out the GDC Summits you can catch, Christian Gyrling, Programmer, speak during a session during the new AI Summit. He’ll be talking about how AI and animation are getting closely integrated during game development as more powerful hardware and ambitious game design are increasing the challenges programmers and animators face. The session is called “(307) Animating in a Complex World: Integrating AI and Animation” and it takes place from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2009 in room 2018 in the West Hall. Next up, Richard Lemarchand, Read more...