feature by Matt Helgeson on March 05, 2014 at 05:27 PM Today the news broke that Naughty Dog's acclaimed writer and creative director Amy Hennig has left the company. While we don't know what her next project will be, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the accomplishments of one of gaming's most respected developers. After leaving Electronic Arts, she landed at the upstart studio Crystal Dynamics, where she began work in innovative storytelling and game design that would come to define her career. I interviewed her in 2013, and she recalled the early days at Crystal Dynamics: