Google’s Genie 3 draws a crowd at GDC

Photos in this story are from Google’s DeepMind GDC talk. Zoomed-in photos taken by me, from a seat near the back.

SAN FRANCISCO – You can’t take a step near the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week without running into a game developer. They’re here through Friday for the GDC Festival of Gaming (previously known as the Game Developers Conference).

On line for lunch, I hear people talking about jobs at Riot Games.

Crossing the street, I spot PlayStation architect Mark Cerny.

Near the Yerba Buena park, a developer I’ve known for years flags me down and gives me an update about his career. He took some consulting jobs in recent years that paid in crypto.

On Monday, after a panel I was on about The Rise of Independent Games Journalism, there’s a developer who…

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