Naughty Dog, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984 as an independent developer, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Gavin and Rubin produced a sequence of progressively more successful games, including Rings of Power for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Way of the Warrior for the 3DO. The latter, a very low-budget but still plausible offering, prompted Universal Interactive Studios to sign the duo to a three-title deal and fund the expansion of the company. The author lives in Santa Monica, CA..