GDC 2011
1-Hour Video Game MBA
by Charlie Cleveland (Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
10 Lessons from 20 Years as an Entrepreneur: A Post-Mortem
by Don Daglow  
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards
by GDC  
Game Design  

GDC 2011
13th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards

Game Design  

GDC 2011
15 Games in 15 Years
by Stone Librande (EA/Maxis)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
A Debate: Are Social Games Legitimate? [SOGS Vision]
by Daniel James (Three Rings)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
A Requirements Specification Template for Interactive Storytelling
by Ernest Adams (International Hobo)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Adapting the MMO to a Mobile Gaming Platform
by Cinco Barnes (Spacetime Studios)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Adaptive Order Independent Transparency: A Fast and Practical Approach t...
by Marco Salvi (Intel Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Adding Realism to Environmental Reverberation Using Convolution: Are We ...
by Francois Thibault (Audiokinetic Inc.)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Advanced Visual Effects with DirectX 11
by Evan Hart (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Advanced Visual Effects with DirectX 11
by Evan Hart (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Advanced Visual Effects with DirectX 11
by Evan Hart (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
After Success: Growing as an App Developer
by Arash Keshmirian (Limbic Software)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
AI Development Postmortems: Inside DARKSPORE and THE SIMS: MEDIEVAL
by Rez Graham (Electronic Arts (Sims Division))
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
AI Navigation: It's Not a Solved Problem - Yet
by James Anhalt (Blizzard Entertainment)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
AI Pr0n: Maximum Exposure of Your Debug Info!
by Brian Schwab (Blizzard Entertainment)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
AI Unplugged: How Experienced Devs Think Through AI
by Dave Mark (Intrinsic Algorithm)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
ALAN WAKE: Light and Dark
by Saku Lehtinen (Remedy Entertainment)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
ALAN WAKE: The Writer Who Made Us Rewrite Our Engine
by Markus Maki (Remedy Entertainment)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Alternative Business Models with Downloadable Games (DLG) and Downloadab...
by Geoffrey (GZ) Zatkin (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
An Apology for Roger Ebert
by Brian Moriarty (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
ANGRY BIRDS - An Entertainment Franchise in the Making
by Peter Vesterbacka (Rovio)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Animating NPC's in UNCHARTED
by John Bellomy (Naughty Dog)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Anti-aliasing from a Different Perspective
by Dmitry Andreev (LucasArts)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Applifier Postmortem: From Zero to 55M Users in 100 Days [SOGS Business]
by Jussi Laakkonen (Applifier)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Approximating Translucency for a Fast, Cheap and Convincing Subsurface S...
by Colin Barre-Brisebois (Electronic Arts Montreal)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Audio Boot Camp
by Scott Selfon (Microsoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Audio Boot Camp
by Scott Selfon (Microsoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Audio Boot Camp
by Scott Selfon (Microsoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Audio Boot Camp
by Scott Selfon (Microsoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Audio Essentials for Producers
by Brian Schmidt (Brian Schmidt Studios, LLC)
Production  

GDC 2011
Audio Localization: What You Need to Know
by Garry Taylor (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Auto-Tuning Chopin in Stacking Audio Design!
by Brian Min (Doublefine Productions)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Automated Level of Detail Generation for HALO: REACH
by Xi Wang (Bungie LLC)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Basically, We Sold Our Souls: The Art Implementation of INFINITY BLADE
by Geremy Mustard (Chair Entertainment)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Behavioral Economics and Social Games [SOGS Business]
by David Botkin (Playdom)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Between 4 Ears: SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION Co-op Sound Strategies
by Olivier Girard (Ubisoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Beyond Credit Cards: Localized Payment Strategies For a Global Business ...
by David Cole (DFC Intelligence)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Beyond Horror: Art Directing DEAD SPACE 2
by Ian Milham (Electronic Arts Redwood Shores)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Bigger Isn't Always Better: Sophisticated Thinking about Working with Li...
by Jason Poss (Sarawak Songs)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Biofeedback in Gameplay: How Valve Measures Physiology to Enhance Gaming...
by Mike Ambinder (Valve Software)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Break It Down! How Harmonix and Kinect Taught the World to Dance; The De...
by Matt Boch (Harmonix Music)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Breaking into AAA Game development: Ask the Pros
by Robin Hunicke (thatgamecompany)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
Bringing a Design Culture to Social Games Developers: Trial and Error ...
by Bernie Yee (Episode Technologies)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Building Cloud Services for Mobile Titles with Minimum Effort
by Allan Murphy (Microsoft)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Building Next-gen 3D Android Games with Snapdragon's Adreno GPU (Present...
by Mitri Bautista Wiberg (Polarbit)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Building Open Worlds Faster: the Volition Way
by Jason Hayes (Volition / THQ)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Building Strategy Games for Mobile Devices
by Rade Stojsavljevic (Jet Set Games)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Care and Feeding of Your Independent Game Studio
by Arthur Humphrey (Last Day of Work)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Cash Flow for Keflings
by Lane Kiriyama (Wahoo Studios, Inc.)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Casual Moods: Creating Sound and Music for a Booming Field
by Sean Beeson (Sean Beeson Studios)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Changing the Way We Make Games: Lessons Learned in the Transition from ...
by Vijay Thakkar (Zynga With Friends)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Chasing Wonder: The Future of Engagement
by Nicole Lazzaro (XEODesign)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Cinematic Character Lighting in STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC
by Ben Cloward (Bioware)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
CITY OF WONDER: Postmortem [SOGS Design]
by Scott Jon Siegel (Playdom)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - BEJEWELED
by Jason Kapalka (PopCap Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - DOOM
by Tom Hall (Loot Drop)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - ELITE
by David Braben (Frontier Developments)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - MANIAC MANSION
by Ron Gilbert (Double Fine Productions)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - MARBLE MADNESS
by Mark Cerny (Cerny Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - OUT OF THIS WORLD/ANOTHER WORLD
by Eric Chahi (Ubisoft)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - PAC-MAN
by Toru Iwatani (Namco)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - PITFALL!
by David Crane  
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - POPULOUS
by Peter Molyneux (Lionhead Studios)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem - RAID ON BUNGELING BAY
by Will Wright (StupidFunClub)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Classic Game Postmortem: PRINCE OF PERSIA
by Jordan Mechner  
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Click Zen: Zynga's Evolution from FARMVILLE to CITYVILLE [SOGS Business]
by Mark Skaggs (Zynga)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Cloning Social Games - Nothing New Here - Or Is There?
by Sean Kane (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Cloud Gaming: 10x the Audience for your PC games (Presented by Gaikai)
by Nanea Reeves (Gaikai)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Commerce Platform Economics: Analysis Behind Informed Build or Buy Decis...
by Michael Herndon (Digital River)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Community Management: Efficiencies and Economies of Scale [SOGS Essentials]
by Richard Weil (Metaverse Mod Squad)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Composer Challenge GDC 2011
by Lennie Moore (3l33t Music)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Creating a Social, Location-based Smartphone Game in 5 Weeks
by Jennie Lees (Google)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Creating an Emotional Rollercoaster in HEAVY RAIN
by David Cage (Quantic Dream)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Creating Satisfying Combat Experiences at Insomniac Games
by Joel Goodsell (Insomniac Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Creating Your Building Blocks: Modular Component AI Systems
by Alex Champandard (AiGameDev.com)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
CRYSIS 2: Getting More Interactivity out of Animation-Data
by Ivo Herzeg (Crytek)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Culling the Battlefield: Data Oriented Design in Practice
by Daniel Collin (EA DICE)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Data Analysis on Player Behavior in EVE ONLINE
by Eyjolfur Gudmundsson (CCP)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
DEAD RISING 2: How Real-time Game Integrated Tools Saved the Audio Team
by Jason Jarvis (Capcom Game Studio Vancouver)
Audio  

GDC 2011
DEAD SPACE 2 Musical Postmortem
by Jason Graves (Jason Graves Music, Inc.)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Debugging Python into Maya
by Cyrille Fauvel (AUTODESK)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Deeper Problems, Deeper Gamification: Solving Hard Real-world Problems w...
by Seth Cooper (University of Washington)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Delivering Demand-Based Worlds with Intel SSDs (Presented by Intel)
by Dave Lang (Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC.)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Design and Execute the Optimal Monetization Strategy by Game Profile (Pr...
by Chris Early (Ubisoft)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Design in Detail: Tuning the Muzzle Velocity of the Plasma Rifle Bolt on...
by Jaime Griesemer (Bungie)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Development Process of Nintendo 3DS
by Hideki Konno (Nintendo)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
DONKEY KONG: Swinging Across Oceans
by Aaron Walker (Retro Studios)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Dynamic Range and Mix Levels - Where We're at in 2011
by Tom Hays (Technicolor Interactive)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Dynamic Resolution Rendering (Presented by Intel)
by Doug Binks (Intel)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Dynamics: The State of the Art
by Clint Hocking (LucasArts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Effective Marketing of the Freemium Model Across Platforms
by Mike Breslin (Glu Mobile)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Emerging Issues in Game Dev Deals - Building on the Present as We Careen...
by David S Rosenbaum (Law Offices of David S Rosenbaum)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Emerging Technologies Review [SOGS Tech]
by Vladimir Vukicevic (Mozilla Corporation)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
EpicWin - Doing Good With a Social Game
by Tak Fung (Supermono Limited)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Essential Steps to Starting a New Dev Studio
by Jim Charne (Law Offices James I Charne)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Experimental Game AI: Live Demos of Innovation
by Michael Mateas (University of California, Santa Cruz)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Experimental Gameplay Sessions
by Frank Lantz (Area/Code/Zynga)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Experimenting Your Way to Learning and Success: Applying Lean Startup Pr...
by James Birchler (IMVU, Inc.)
Production  

GDC 2011
Fast and Efficient Facial Rigging in GEARS OF WAR 3
by Jeremy Ernst (Epic Games)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Faster, Better, Cheaper: Pushing the Artistic Bar in Portable Game Devel...
by Nathan Phail-Liff (Ready At Dawn Studios)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Faulty Thinking: Becoming a Better Producer by Understanding Faults in...
by Chuck Hoover (Schell Games)
Production  

GDC 2011
Fighting Real Time
by Jacky Mallett (CCP)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Finding Your Way with Havok AI (Presented by Havok)
by Chris Elion (Havok)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Five Cheats for Understanding Game Metrics
by Lauren Bigelow (WeeWorld)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Flirting with the Dark Side: Scripting and AI
by Damian Isla (Moonshot Games)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Footsteps - An Informal Sound Study
by Damian Kastbauer (Bay Area Sound)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Forensic Debugging: How to Autopsy, Repair, and Reanimate a Release-bu...
by Elan Ruskin (Valve Corporation)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Four Epic Legal Battles Coming to a Court Near You - Be Prepared: Gambli...
by Vincent Scheurer (Sarassin LLP)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Four Epic Legal Battles Coming to a Court Near You - Be Prepared: Gambli...
by Vincent Scheurer (Sarassin LLP)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Four Epic Legal Battles Coming to a Court Near You - Be Prepared: Gambli...
by Vincent Scheurer (Sarassin LLP)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Four Guns West
by Chuck Russom (Chuck Russom FX)
Audio  

GDC 2011
From AAA to Indie: Three Start-Up Stories
by Jake Kazdal (Haunted Temple Studios)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
From College to Industry: 20 Lessons for Getting the Most out of Your Ea...
by Jeff Ward (Fire Hose Games)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
From MYTH to HALO: Marty O'Donnell's Adventures with Adaptive Audio, Cre...
by Marty O'Donnell (Bungie)
Audio  

GDC 2011
From Student to Start Up: Case Studies
by Jesse Schell (Schell Games)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
Funding Development: How to Raise Money if You're Not a Social Games Dar...
by Aaron Isaksen (Indie Fund)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Game Design by Accidents
by Steph Thirion (Game Designer)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Game Design in the Coffee. Lovable Game Design by SWERY
by Hidetaka 'Swery' Suehiro (ACCESSGAMES Inc)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
GameJamification [SGS Gamification]
by Ben Sawyer (Digitalmill)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Games on Smart TVs: Lessons Learned from the Development of GoogleTV [S...
by Ian Ni-Lewis (Google)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Games on TV: Evolution or Revolution?
by David Mariner (NDS Denmark ApS)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Gamification 201 - 60 Tactics in 60 Minutes [SGS Gamification]
by Molly Kittle (Bunchball)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
GANG Demo Derby: Music
by Chuck Doud (SCEA)
Audio  

GDC 2011
GANG Demo Derby: Sound Design
by Tim Larkin (Valve Software)
Audio  

GDC 2011
GDC Microtalks 2011: One Hour, Ten Speakers, Hundreds of Fun New Ideas
by David Jaffe (Eat Sleep Play)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Getting Great Dialogue Through Improvisation
by Tom Keegan (TomK Productions)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Getting the Best Out of Your Talent: Achieving Quality Performances in G...
by Keith Arem (PCB Productions)
Production  

GDC 2011
Getting Your Games onto the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet (Presented by Bla...
by John Thomas (BlackBerry)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Green Light! Persuasion Skills to Put and Keep Your Project in the Fast ...
by Richard Butterfield (Butterfield Speaks)
Production  

GDC 2011
Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague: How an Outbreak in WoW is Helping Epide...
by Nina H. Fefferman (Rutgers University)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
HALO: REACH Effects Tech
by Chris Tchou (Bungie LLC)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Healthy Microtalks [SGS Health]
by Ben Sawyer (Digitalmill)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Hotspots, FLOPS, and uOps: To-The-Metal CPU Optimization (Presented by I...
by Stan Melax (Intel)
Programming  

GDC 2011
How Art Was Used to Create a Unique Cinematic Experience in HEAVY RAIN
by Christophe Brusseaux (Quantic Dream)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
How Art Was Used to Create a Unique Cinematic Experience in HEAVY RAIN
by Christophe Brusseaux (Quantic Dream)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
How IUGO Rose Above the Noise and Became a Successful Indie Studio
by Sarah Thomson (IUGO Mobile Entertainment)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
How to Secure a Deal: Real Answers to Real Questions
by Philip Oliver (Blitz Games Limited)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
How to Survive the Inevitable Enslavement of Developers by Facebook [...
by Daniel Cook (Spry Fox)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
How to Win the IGF in 15 Weeks or Less
by Andy Schatz (Pocketwatch Games)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
HTML5: The New UI Library for Games
by Chad Austin (IMVU)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Hyperlocal Game Design: Connecting Social Currency to Real World Currenc...
by Kati London (Area/Code/Zynga)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of HALO: REACH
by David Aldridge (Bungie LLC)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Identifying New Talent in Turbulent Times
by Ian Livingstone (Eidos)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Implementation and Application of the Real-Time Procedural Helper-Joint ...
by Ju Bok Kim (Nexon)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
In Days of Yore
by Chris Crawford (Storytron)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Increase your FPS with CPU Onload (Presented by Intel)
by Joshua Doss (Intel)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Indie Fund: Lessons from the First Year
by Nathan Vella (Capybara Games)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Industry Lessons Learned and Applying Them to the Road Ahead
by Cliff Bleszinski (Epic Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
INFINITY BLADE: How We Made a Hit, What We Learned, and Why You Can Do i...
by Donald Mustard (ChAIR Entertainment Group)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Interactive Music Scoring Methods for MASS EFFECT 2
by Jack Wall (Wall of Sound, Inc.)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Intuition vs Metrics: How Social Game Design Has Evolved [SOGS Design]
by Brenda Brathwaite (Loot Drop)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
IP and Brands: 4 Postmortems [SOGS Business]
by CJ Wolf (iWin)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Iterating on a Dynamic Camera System
by Phil Wilkins (SCEA Santa Monica)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Iterating Realistic Human Rendering: Boxers in FIGHT NIGHT CHAMPION
by Vicki Ferguson (Electronic Arts)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Keep it Together: Encouraging Cooperative Behavior During Co- op Play
by Patrick Redding (Ubisoft Toronto)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer: Advice from Industry Artists (Part 1)
by Greg Foertsch (Firaxis Games)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
Know What's Right: Understanding (and Profiting from) Music Rights
by Brian Schmidt (Brian Schmidt Studios, LLC)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Launching Great Features on the Frontier of Social Games
by Brian Reynolds (Zynga)
Production  

GDC 2011
Lay of the Land: Smarter AI Through Influence Maps
by Damian Isla (Moonshot Games)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Postmortem -- Beta, Launch and Beyond [SOGS Design]
by Tom Cadwell (Riot Games)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Learn Better Game Writing in a Day
by Evan Skolnick (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Leave Enough Room: Design that Supports Player Expression
by Randy Smith (Tiger Style)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Lessons Learned in Music Development: BRUTAL LEGEND, BIOSHOCK and DESTRO...
by Emily Ridgway (Double Fine Productions/Emily Industries)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Lessons Learned in Successfully Marketing Games on PSN/XBLA and PC Digit...
by James Brooksby (doublesix)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Level Design in a Day: Best Practices from the Best in the Business
by Neil Alphonso (Splash Damage)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Level Design in a Day: Best Practices from the Best in the Business
by Neil Alphonso (Splash Damage)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Levelshop: From Grid Paper to Playable, Whiteboxes on Demand from 2d Dra...
by Harvey Fong (Bioware)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Life and Death and Middle Pair: Go, Poker and the Sublime
by Frank Lantz (Area/Code/Zynga)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Lighting the Apocalypse: Rendering Techniques for RED FACTION: ARMAGEDDON
by Mike Flavin (Volition, Inc.)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Lighting You Up in BATTLEFIELD 3
by Kenny Magnusson (DICE)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Listening to the Gamer: Getting Speech Recognition in Games Right
by Jason Hewitt (Microsoft)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Living Crowds: AI & Animation in ASSASSIN'S CREED: BROTHERHOOD
by Nicolas Barbeau (Ubisoft)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Living in a Stressful World: Real-time Stress Calculation for Destroyabl...
by Eric Arnold (Volition)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Making Game Trailers: Cost-effective Results for All Budgets
by Tim Roe (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Production  

GDC 2011
Mega Meshes - Modeling, Rendering and Lighting a World Made of 100 Billi...
by Ben Sugden (Lionhead Studios)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Message Queuing on a Large Scale: IMVU's Stateful Event Architecture
by Jon Watte (IMVU)
Programming  

GDC 2011
MILLIONAIRE CITY - The Story Behind the Numbers [SOGS Design]
by Jason Loia (Digital Chocolate)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Mobile Augmented Reality - What's Possible (Presented by Qualcomm)
by Jay Wright (Qualcomm)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Monetizing Games on Devices: Intel's AppUp 'Stores on Store' Model (Pres...
by Scott Crabtree (Intel)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Monetizing International Audiences: Asia & Latin America [SOGS Business]
by James Gwertzman (PopCap Games, Inc.)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Monster Teams: How One Producer Tamed the Beast and Lives to Tell About It
by Alex Parizeau (Ubisoft Toronto)
Production  

GDC 2011
More Pirates on a Burning Ship and Other Leadership Challenges
by Laura Fryer (WB Games Seattle)
Production  

GDC 2011
Multicore Memory Management Technology in MORTAL KOMBAT
by Adisak Pochanayon (Netherrealm Studios (WB Games Chicago))
Programming  

GDC 2011
Multivariate Testing and Game Design: Methodology, Metrics, and Avoidin...
by Henry Stern (Zynga)
Production  

GDC 2011
My Avatar: Quantified Self Meets Behavior-Change Games [SGS Health]
by BJ Fogg (Stanford University Persuasive Technology Lab)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Nature or Nurture: The Art Culture Panel
by Keith Self-Ballard (Volition, Inc.)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Navigation in Insomniac Engine
by Reddy Sambavaram (Insomniac Games Inc)
Programming  

GDC 2011
NBA JAM 2010 - Bringing Back the BOOMSHAKALAKA!
by Trey Smith (Electronic Arts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
New Challenges in MMO Localization: The GUILD WARS Franchise Revealed
by Adam Vance (ArenaNet)
Localization Summit  

GDC 2011
New Technology and New Interfaces: Localizing Video Games for Kinect
by Kate Edwards (Englobe)
Localization Summit  

GDC 2011
Next Generation Portable Platform (Presented by SCEA)
by David Coombes (SCEA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
No Explanation Necessary: Minimizing Exposition in Games
by Jeremy Bernstein (Electric Entertainment)
Production  

GDC 2011
No Freaking Respect! Social Game Developers Rant Back
by Eric Zimmerman  
Game Design  

GDC 2011
NVIDIA Parallel Nsight: Accelerating GPU Development in BioWare's DRAGON...
by Jeffrey Kiel (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
NVIDIA Tegra: Zooming to Bang Bang Racing & Next-Gen Mobile Gaming (Pres...
by Lars Bishop (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
ONE FALLS FOR EACH OF US: The Prototyping of Tragedy
by Brenda Brathwaite (Loot Drop)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Paying to Win? BATTLEFIELD HEROES, Virtual Goods and Selling Gameplay Ad...
by Ben Cousins (Easy (EA))
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
PC Gaming's Global Value Propositions
by Matt Ployhar (Intel)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
People in Your Pocket: High-Quality AI on Mobile Devices
by Andrew Stern (ngmoco)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Performance Marketing and Social Gaming
by Rajeev Behera (Playdom)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Physics for Game Programmers
by Jim Van Verth (Insomniac Games)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Physics for Game Programmers
by Jim Van Verth (Insomniac Games)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Physics for Game Programmers
by Jim Van Verth (Insomniac Games)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Physics for Game Programmers
by Jim Van Verth (Insomniac Games)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Pioneers, Promise & Possibilities: Fitting Together Videogames & Health ...
by Paul Tarini (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Player-Driven Stories: How Do We Get There?
by Kent Hudson (LucasArts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Power Python Development for Maya
by Jason Parks (Sony Online Entertainment)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Practical Occlusion Culling on PS3
by Will Vale (Second Intention Limited)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Producer Boot Camp
by Rich Vogel (BioWare)
Production  

GDC 2011
Prototype Through Production: Pro Guitar in ROCK BAND 3
by Jason Booth (Harmonix Music Systems)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
PS3 & Xbox360 NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: ULTIMATE NINJA STORM 2 Exploring the '...
by Hiroshi Matsuyama (Cyber Connect 2)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
PS3 and NDS, the Two Extreme FINAL FANTASY Series
by Mitsuto Suzuki (Square Enix)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Psychoacoustic Real-Time Mixing: Seven Secrets You Need to Know
by John Byrd (Gigantic Software)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Punching Above Your Weight: Small Art Teams, Big Games
by Tim Appleby (SplashDamage)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Rapid-Fire Indies
by Chris Hecker (definition six, inc.)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Realistic and Interactive Clothing in Epic Games' Samaritan Demo Using N...
by Dane Johnston (NVIDIA)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Recruit Profitable Players through Advanced Multi-Channel Marketing Meth...
by Min Kim (Nexon America Inc.)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Remaking the WORLD OF WARCRAFT through CATACLYSM
by Tom Chilton (Blizzard Entertainment)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
REPLICA ISLAND: Building a Successful Android Game
by Chris Pruett (Google)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Retain Your Customers by Letting Go: Fixing the Short Term Tactics that ...
by Scott Rigby (Immersyve)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Revenue Recognition: Game Design and System Implications of Virtual Econ...
by Christina Sawyer (ngmoco:))
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Scaling Social Games: What Game Development Can Learn from the Cloud [SO...
by Dan Borthwick (Playfish)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Scoping Success
by Rod Fergusson (Epic Games)
Production  

GDC 2011
Seven Ways a Video Game Can Be Moral
by Richard Rouse III (Ubisoft Montreal)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Smart Gamification: Virtual Systems Shaping the Physical World [SOGS De...
by Brian Morrisroe (Booyah)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Social & Online Game Design 2010: A Year in Review [SOGS Design]
by Juan Gril (Joju Games)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Social Genetics: The Demographics and Affinities of Facebook Gamers [SOG...
by Nick Berry (DataGenetics)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Social Mechanics for Social Games [SOGS Design]
by Raph Koster (Playdom)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Social Network Games in Retrospective - Are We Being Social? [SOGS Essen...
by Patricia Pizer (Consultant)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Social Speed - Improving Flash Performance for Social Games [SOGS Tech]
by Amitt Mahajan (Zynga)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Sound Synthesis in CRACKDOWN 2 and Wave Acoustics for Games
by Nikunj Raghuvanshi (Microsoft Research)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Spectacular Specular: LEAN and CLEAN Specular Highlights
by Dan Baker (Firaxis)
Programming  

GDC 2011
SPU-Based Deferred Shading in BATTLEFIELD 3 for Playstation 3
by Christina Coffin (DICE)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Staffing the Extras: Creating Convincing Background Character AI
by Paul Kruszewski (Grip Entertainment)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Stealing Sound: The Application of Generative Music
by Paul Weir (Eidos Montreal)
Audio  

GDC 2011
Stereoscopic 3D Demystified: From Theory to Implementation in STARCRAFT ...
by Dominic Filion (Blizzard Entertainment)
Programming  

GDC 2011
Strategies for Firefighting Troubled Projects
by Adrian Hawkins (Kuju Entertainment Ltd.)
Production  

GDC 2011
Strategy Games: The Next Move
by Ian Fischer (Robot Entertainment)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Taking the Purple Pill: Lessons Learned Building a Platform for Social A...
by Terrance Cohen (Ogmento)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Tales from the Trenches: Startup Advice from a Vet
by Matt Small (Vector Unit)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Tapping Into Innovation - Strategies for Developing Successful Apps
by Ge Wang (Smule)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
Team Meat Presents: SUPER MEAT BOY, A Team Meat Meatmortem
by Edmund McMillen (Cryptic Sea)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Technical Artist Boot Camp: Lessons in How to Create and Be an Effecti...
by Steve Theodore (Undead Labs)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Technical Artist Boot Camp: Lessons in How to Create and Be an Effecti...
by Steve Theodore (Undead Labs)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
The Animation of HALO REACH: Raising the Bar
by Joe Spataro (Bungie)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
The Dynamics Behind Online Marketing for the Gaming Industry (Presented ...
by Joe McCormack (Adotomi Agency)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
The Environment is the Orchestra: Soundscape Composition in LIMBO
by Martin Stig Andersen (Playdead)
Audio  

GDC 2011
The Failure Workshop
by Chris Hecker (definition six, inc.)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Fantasy of Labor: How Social Games Create Meaning [SOGS Design]
by Eric Zimmerman (Independent)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Full Spelunky on SPELUNKY XBLA
by Derek Yu (Independent)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Fun in Blending Digital and Real Worlds
by Keith Lee (Booyah)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
The Future is Now: Why Japan's Mobile Market is a Leading Indicator
by Neil Young (ngmoco:))
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
The Game Design Challenge 2011: Bigger than Jesus
by Eric Zimmerman (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Game Design of STARCRAFT II: Designing an E-Sport
by Dustin Browder (Blizzard Entertainment)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Great Experiment: Finding the Right Mix of Payment Models (Presente...
by Ketan Babaria (PayPal)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
The Great Gamification Debate! [SGS Gamification]
by Jesse Schell (Schell Games)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Humble Indie Bundle
by John Graham (Wolfire Games)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Identity Bubble - A Design Approach to Character and Story Development
by Matthias Worch (LucasArts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Journey to Creating SHANK
by Jamie Cheng (Klei Entertainment)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Loner: Why Some People Play MMOs Alone
by Damion Schubert (Bioware Austin)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Multilingual Audio Mystery Tour
by Andrea Ballista (Binari Sonori s.r.l)
Localization Summit  

GDC 2011
The Next Steps of Indie: Four Perspectives
by Luke Schneider (Radiangames)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The Next Steps of Indie: Four Perspectives
by Luke Schneider (Radiangames)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
The ngmoco:) Live Team Playbook: Life After Launch
by Caryl Shaw (ngmoco:))
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
The Player-Shaped Hole: Allowing for Both Narrative and Story
by Richard Dansky (Red Storm)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Science of Play Testing: EA's Methods for User Research
by Veronica Zammitto (Electronic Arts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Secret (Art) History of Games
by John Sharp (Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
THE SIMS 3 Create-a-Sim User Experience
by Sammi Kim (Electronic Arts)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Story of CAVE STORY
by Daisuke 'Pixel' Amaya (Independent)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
The Technology Behind the DirectX 11 Unreal Engine Samaritan Demo (Prese...
by Bryan Dudash (NVIDIA)
Programming  

GDC 2011
This Is Your Brain on Game Development
by Scott Crabtree (Intel Corporation)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Tips for Networking with the Pros
by Christian Allen (WB Games)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
Top 7 Social Metrics for 2011 [SOGS Essentials]
by Albert Lai (Kontagent)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Tracking Player Engagement and Radically Improving Monetization
by John Shedletsky (ROBLOX)
Business and Management  

GDC 2011
Turing Tantrums: AI Developers Rant!
by Dave Mark (Intrinsic Algorithm)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Turning Data Into Better Social Games [SOGS Essentials]
by David Stern (Playfish)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Turning Depression into Inspiration
by Michael Todd (Spyeart.com)
Independent Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Turning Mobile Games into Moneymakers: Google's Charles Yim Interviews T...
by Charles Yim (Google)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Ultimate Customization in Character Creation - Challenges and Innovations
by Brad Stokan (Cryptic Studios)
Visual Arts  

GDC 2011
Understand the Game Market, Predict the Future (Presented by Digital River)
by Colin Sebastian (Lazard Capital Markets)
Monetization: Sponsored  

GDC 2011
Using Randomness in AI: Both Sides of the Coin
by Dave Mark (Intrinsic Algorithm)
AI Summit  

GDC 2011
Using Your Friends: Identifying the Top Interaction Mechanics in Current...
by Mia Consalvo (MIT, Comparative Media Studies)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Video Game Play as Nightmare Protection [SGS Health]
by Jayne Gackenbach (Grant MacEwan University)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future
by Satoru Iwata (Nintendo Co., Ltd.)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
VO Session LIVE!!!
by Michael Csurics (2K Marin)
Audio  

GDC 2011
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges: How to Re-invent Reality Without Gamif...
by Jane McGonigal (Social Chocolate)
Serious Games Summit  

GDC 2011
What Can Video Games Learn from CCG's?
by Skaff Elias (Three Donkeys LLC)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
What Makes a Game a Home Run Hit or Miss: Postmortems from HOMERUN BATTL...
by Taeick Chang (com2us)
GDC Smartphone Summit  

GDC 2011
What's the Story Morning Glory? [SOGS Design]
by Kenny Shea Dinkin (Independent)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
XBLIG Success Stories - How to Make the Best of Microsoft's Self-publish...
by Brandon Sheffield (Game Developer Magazine)
Game Career Seminar  

GDC 2011
Your Best Weapon Is Your Community! How to Create a Social Ecosystem Acr...
by Chris Bruce (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Production  

GDC 2011
Yu Suzuki's Gameworks: A Career Retrospective
by Mark Cerny (Cerny Games)
Game Design  

GDC 2011
Zigging While Others Zag - KINGDOMS OF CAMELOT Postmortem [SOGS Design]
by Andrew Sheppard (Kabam)
Social & Online Games Summit  

GDC 2011
ZOO KINGDOM: Building and Scaling a Facebook Game Server
by Jeffrey Kesselman (Blue Fang Games)
Programming  

GDC 2011
[SPONSORED] Efficient Scaling in a Task-Based Game Engine (Presented by ...
by Yannis Minadakis (Intel)
Programming