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30 November 2009
Learning XNA: A Guide for .NET Rocks Show 501 on XNA Game Development
If you’re a listener of .NET Rocks! (“The Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers”), you may have heard Show #501 on XNA that Michael Cummings and I recorded last week. You can download the show here (59 minutes – MP3/WMA/AAC). We mentioned a lot Read More...
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02 July 2009
Kodu (Game Programming Environment) Now Available
On an earlier Roadshow ( winter 2008 ), I gave a preview of a great environment from Microsoft Research for making game programming friendly and accessible to a wider audience, and especially children.  At the time it was called “Boku”, but was since Read More...
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24 June 2009
Boston XNA Developers Group June 24 Meeting – XNA Game Studio 3.1
Tonight’s meeting of the Boston XNA Developers Group (6:00 in Waltham) will feature Michael Cummings speaking on what’s in the newly-released XNA Game Studio 3.1 .  XNA Game Studio helps you create games that can run on PCs, XBox 360, and Zune, all Read More...
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08 June 2009
New Channel 9 Screencast on XNA Game Development
I’ve created a new screencast on creating games with XNA and, thanks to my teammate Brian Johnson , it’s now available on our Northeast page on Channel 9 !   Northeast Roadshow - XNA Game Development Based on the Spring Roadshow session, this is Read More...
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26 May 2009
Special geekSpeak on Developing Silverlight Games on May 27th
The Northeast’s very own Andy Beaulieu (Silverlight guru, MVP, CNY .NET UG Lead , etc.) is connecting with Jim O’Neil and Glen Gordon to share details about developing games with Silverlight! This episode in the MSDN geekSpeak series is May, 27th ( tomorrow Read More...
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22 July 2008
Boston XNA July 23rd Meeting on 2D Role Playing Game Development
  The Boston XNA Developers Group is an open user group for anyone interested in learning about game development with the .NET-based XNA framework.  Attendance is open and everyone is welcome, including students and parents with their programming-interested Read More...
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25 June 2008
June Boston XNA Meeting Canceled
Unfortunately, tonight's (6/23) meeting for the Boston XNA Developers Group will have to be canceled.  A last-minute scheduling problem has come up, so we're going to punt on this month's meeting. We'll continue as usual with the July meeting. If Read More...
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23 June 2008
Northeast XNA Game Developer Featured on CNN
[Thanks to Lindsay for the heads-up!] Currently featured as the lead Tech story is an article featuring the Northeast's own James Silva and the story of his creation of a game called "Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" using XNA (coming later this year Read More...
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08 May 2008
XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP Released
Been waiting to try your hand at creating XNA games for the Zune? Want to use Visual Studio 2008 (express, standard, or higher) as well? Check out the XNA Game Studio 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) ! The XNA Team Blog has the details: http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/05/07/announcing-xna-game-studio-3-0-community-technical-preview-ctp.aspx Read More...
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05 May 2008
Make Silverlight Games with Popfly Game Creator
Many people have been using Silverlight to create games for the web, but until now, you've had to be a programmer to do it. Just released on the Popfly site is alpha of the new Popfly Game Creator feature, which provides a great way to create and share Read More...
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09 April 2008
Boston XNA Developers Group Update
The Boston XNA Developers Group is dedicated to learning and using XNA to create games for Windows and Xbox 360 (and later on, the Zune!) No game development experience is required! Next Meeting Our next meeting will be on April 24th, 6-8 PM at the Microsoft Read More...
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13 March 2008
Learn XNA at the Next Boston XNA Developers Group Meeting
On March 26th at the next Boston XNA Developers Group meeting, we're starting the process of learning XNA . (The first meeting was a non-technical overview of the world of XNA.) Join Michael Cummings and me as we walk through creating a basic 2D game Read More...
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25 February 2008
Boston XNA Developers Group Meeting Wednesday 2/27
A reminder that the first meeting of the shiny new Boston XNA Developers Group ( http://bostonxna.org ) will be this Wednesday, February 27th, from 6-8 PM at the Microsoft offices at 201 Jones Road (6th Floor) in Waltham, MA. The group is open to everyone Read More...
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21 February 2008
Huge XNA News at GDC '08
The XNA team made two very big announcements at the Game Developers' Conference . Cutting right to the chase, the biggest news is that the wait will be over for community XNA games on Xbox LIVE! Coming this holiday season, people will be able to share, Read More...
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07 February 2008
Announcing the Boston XNA Developers Group
Like games? Interested in creating your own using C#? I'm excited to announce that we have a new user group in the Boston area, focused on game development with the XNA Framework ! Join the Boston XNA Developers Group 's inaugural meeting on February Read More...
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