SVMs are a relatively easy to use (but not to understand) method that yield impressive results for beginners. See the libsvm website, there are plenty of good m

SVMs are a relatively easy to use (but not to understand) method that yield impressive results for beginners. See the libsvm website, there are plenty of good material there (http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/ http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/). But as stated somewhere else here, game AI is a whole different story.