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zune game development with xna game studio 3.0

The XNA Creators Club website has a nice step-by-step walkthrough of creating a game for your Zune , including a cool sample game with very nice graphics and play style: Are you ready to start programming games for your Zune? All you need is the XNA Game Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 12:07 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

JD, Nic, and Brian Podcast - Episode 7

I was privileged to join JD Lewin, Nic Fillingham, and Brian Johnson for the latest episode of their podcast. Among the topics, Maker Faire, sensitive robots, the EEE PC, Zune 2.5 (including Zune games), and more: JD, Nic, and Brian Podcast - Episode Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:56 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments

XNA Team Blog : Announcing: XNA Game Studio 3.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP)

Very cool...time for games on Zune! Today, we are delivering the first Community Technical Preview (CTP) of XNA Game Studio 3.0, giving you the ability to build games for the entire family of Zune media devices. This feature gives you access to the majority Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 5:25 PM by gduthie | 4 Comments

Terralever Silverlight case study

My colleague Tim Heuer shares a case study of a company building casual games with Silverlight: The group that brought you one of the first Silverlight end-to-end games ( Zero Gravity ) is now featured for some of the work they've done with Silverlight Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:11 AM by gduthie | 1 Comments

Zauri Video

Gizmodo's got pictures and video of Zauri, the Zune game prototype that was shown at the Game Developer Conference. Click the link at the bottom to check out the video: I got a chance to see first hand what the newly announced Zune gaming platform could Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:09 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments

Microsoft opens game IP

This sounds pretty cool. More opportunities for creative mashups using familiar characters: GAMEFEST: Landmark legal move allows consumers free use of Halo, Forza and Viva Piñata assets in homebrew works After announcing the 2.0 version of XNA Game Studio Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:02 AM by gduthie | 2 Comments

XNA Games for Zune Photo Gallery

Engadget has the first pics I've seen of an XNA game running on Zune, take a look here: http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/20/games-for-zune-details-hands-on/ Games for Zune details, hands-on - Engadget Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 9:04 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments

The Elite Handheld Gaming System

OK, so perhaps "handheld" is a bit of an exaggeration, but this XBOX 360 laptop mod is nothing short of brilliant. Would be a hoot to crack that puppy open on a plane. Definitely the work of someone with far too much time on their hands. But way cool Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:03 AM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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XNA Game Studio 2.0 Beta Released

There's now a beta available of the next release of XNA Game Studio: XNA Game Studio 2.0 (Beta) The Beta release of XNA Game Studio 2.0 is now available for you to download! Simply select whether you’re new to XNA Game Studio or an existing XNA Game Studio Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:09 AM by gduthie | 2 Comments

geekSpeak: XNA with Nick Landry

The recorded webcast for the geekSpeak session on XNA game programming with Nick Landry has been posted on Channel 9 . It was a good session with lots of code and demos, so take a look! Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:23 PM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Kickin' It Old School on Xbox LIVE Arcade

My colleague Brian Johnson has a neat article on xbox.com: Sometimes, I wonder what it must be like to be a kid nowadays. In a world where electronics dominate, do kids know about games and technologies that preceded the high resolution games of today? Read More...
Posted Friday, October 05, 2007 9:08 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Happy 30th Atari 2600!

Dave points out an anniversary of interest : Debuting in 1977 at $199 it brought gaming into the family household in a big way. I remember getting a used Atari 2600 from an ad my parents found in the paper (200 Bucks was a lot to spend on electronics Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:05 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Halo/Firefly Convergence

One other thing I noticed while watching the Halo 3 credits...the voice cast is pretty impressive. Among others, from character actor Keith David , to perennial bad buy Terence Stamp , it also includes the best damn spaceship captain ever to grace TV, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:06 PM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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Master Chief Follow-up

No, I'm not going to tell you how the game ends. If you want to know, play it through, and Finish the Fight. But I did take the advice of Ralph in Chicago , and played through to the end again from the Rally Point Alpha save point, and waited through Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 9:02 AM by gduthie | 0 Comments
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Master Chief...is he, or isn't he?

Hmm...I'm undecided : My son and I are having an argument as to the fate of Master Chief... Is he or isn't he? (I won't say more to avoid spoiling it if you haven't finished it yet). I say he isn't (There's no way... The quote "If only it were so easy..." Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 5:01 PM by gduthie | 2 Comments
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