So if I use the word excellent in the title that usually means that I am NOT talking about my blog.  Follow this link to a great tutorial on using 2D physics in Silverlight: http://www.ashishware.com/Silverlight_Physics.shtml The simple game of pushing...

Many game types use drag and drop, shape selection, memory, as well as other learning games, also other games use drag and drop to allow purchases of powers, power-ups, etc.  Here is a simple process of dragging and dropping.  It is presented...

A paper that was just posted comparing Silverlight 5 and HTML 5 has just been posted: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/eternalcoding/archive/2011/06/13/html-5-vs-silverlight-5.aspx Nicely done, and saves me from doing the same thing.  It is definitely worth...

Wow, check out this sample of a 3-D realtime engine.  This is just freaking awesome! http://babylontoolkit.codeplex.com/ Download this immediately, that is if you are experimenting with Silverlight 5.  Otherwise, ignore it! It contains (and...

This is a long video, and if you are good at speaking and listening to English, then consider download the WMV and speeding it up to 1.4, I find that I pay more attention to videos when I do that: To get to the links for the WMV: http://files.ch9.ms/mix...

First order of business, begging you to sign up for the free Azure 30 Day pass: PLEEEZE sign up for the Azure Free Pass, using one of those free LiveIds you can get, no credit card required. Make something useful or clever, get promoted. Go on, do it...

So you want to be about to count your clicks, you can now in Silverlight 5! This means that for old people who I know always do that double click thing, so now you can make stuff just for them. Someone beat me to doing a short video, below, nice job...

My manager would really like for you to use this free Azure Account.  Seriously.  No credit card required, just an email. There are other managers looking for you to use this offer: The one that is going to hire you. Microsoft is offering free...

What is new in Silverlight 5? XAML Debugging with breakpoints for binding debugging Implicit data templates for easy UI reuse Double (and multi) click support GPU-accelerated XNA-compatible 3D and immediate-mode 2D API Low-latency sound effects and WAV...

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) has 3 classes that allow you to use multimedia in your applications. The classes are: Soundplayer: Lightweight and easy to use, will run on Windows XP MediaPlayer: No visual interface, cannot display videos...

Link: What's New in Silverlight 5 Beta The big one for many people is the ability to be able to create a 3D drawing surface using the DrawingSurface Class.  This is a big deal for the game design folks! Here is a link (as of June 8, 2011) that walks...

Network Path Quality of Service (QoS) is difficult to measure with peer to peer games like many of the ones played on the XBox 360.  I could repeat the graphs and interesting data, but it is always best to go direct to the source and bypass the blowhards...

Crayon cannon, the last remains of the very successful but now dead Popfly experiment.  This incredible application could be the way for you to make money off of silverlight and build a website that is sticky. Take a look at http:\\popfly.codeplex...

Ok, what would NUI using Silverlight look like.  Just curious, any ideas?  Anyone?  I have been playing around with Balder: http://balder.codeplex.com/ Looks pretty good.  Now I want to make it touchless.  Could I use Kinnect...