So after wanting for 2 decades or so... I finally got to attend #GDC19 for the first time. And I met some of the folks whose work I admire. In spite of me popping up maniacally and unexpectedly before them, they were gracious enough for a photograph.
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Brian Schwab! Worked on Starcraft2 among others at Blizzard. Enough said. Has written a bunch of books on game AI too. ..4/8pic.twitter.com/GuHtYg9ciI
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Jon Olick and Fabian Giesen. Engineers at RAD. Mr. Olick, https://www.jonolick.com/ Also here's an old paper that had my attention http://tinyurl.com/b2obr7 Mr.Giesen has a super informative blog at https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/ Good read if you are into GPUs and programming. ..5/8pic.twitter.com/AbvVY864vm
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Hugh Reynolds! One of the founders of Havok! These days though he's head of Simulation at Uber. He is a lot more friendly and helpful than this photo might suggest
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Since I am posting pics with my heroes here... why not also put up a pic from last years
#OC5. Here's one with Mr. Carmack himself. I must confess I made the whole trip just to meet John Carmack!
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That's it! I wish I had some meaningful contribution to make, but I don't. In any case, my day was made by meeting them. thank you.
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