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Adventures in XNA 5: The Sharing of Games is About to Begin

An imminent update to the XNA Framework will allow for sharing of packaged XNA Game Studio Express Games. Developers will be able to package their binary games into a single file to share with other users of XNA Game Studio Express. These files can be Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:56 AM by robburke | 3 Comments

Adventures in XNA 4: XNA Creators Club Goes Live at the GDC

If there's one thing that the XBox teams seem to nail, it's the community orientation of sites like the new XNA Creators Club . It's the shiny new hub for all things XNA, including samples, downloadable games, video tutorials, developer forums, and more. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 05, 2007 11:09 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

Adventures in XNA 3: The XNA Animation Component Library

I've mentioned the XNA Animation Component Library in passing in my last two posts on XNA, so I wanted to take a moment to direct you toward the XNA Animation Component Library. I will confess: there is a reason it took me a while to launch myself into Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:54 AM by robburke | 2 Comments

Adventures in XNA 2: How Hard is XNA Development, Really?

You probably don't read the Official XBox Magazine , which is billed as "The UK's Number One XBox360 Magazine." All you need to know is that it's a magazine written by fanboys, for fanboys. Impartiality doesn't seem to be on tap there, but admiration Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 7:54 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

XNA Video Montage shows nascent indie games (and XNA Studio Beta 2, with Content Pipeline!)

I'm impressed by the diversity and quality of the nascent indie games featured in this XNA Video Montage , which was released on Major Nelson's blog in a format which is optimized for the Zune.* XNA Game Studio is a set of tools based on Visual C# Express Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:58 AM by robburke | 0 Comments

Students ask the most interesting things

Last Wednesday I gave a presentation to SkyNet , the University of Limerick Computer Society. About 30 undergrad and graduate students turned up for Atlas, Vista and pizza, in that order. What I showed them was basically a riff on my ASP.NET "Atlas" presentation Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:13 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

New Team Foundation Server features in Service Pack 1 Beta (and Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Betas)

The Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Beta has just been released. Here's the official announcement . You can register for and download the Service Pack updates at http://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio . (The Connect site is a bit finnicky. If you Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:59 PM by robburke | 0 Comments

Top Tips for free Microsoft support and training resources

Clare asked Dave and me to reveal some hidden gems that are available from Microsoft for technical support and learning. This was our list of the shiniest gems that we find devs and IT pros don't always know about. I also posted the Best of the Rest as Read More...
Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 11:39 AM by robburke | 5 Comments

Dave and Rob's Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources (and the Best of the Rest!)

Dave and Rob ’s Top 5 Tips for Free Microsoft Support and Learning Resources 1. MSDN Forums – http://forums.msdn.com Looking for answers to your toughest technical questions? The MSDN forums are regularly visited by members of the product teams, MVPs, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:57 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

XNA Studio Express Beta now available

I just got word (through my free subscription to the Connect program) that XNA Game Studio Express Beta is available for download at the Microsoft Download Center from the location at this link . You may be interested in a discussion in the XNA Team Blog Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:03 PM by robburke | 2 Comments

ASP.NET "Atlas" July CTP looks solid

I've just updated the Mosaic Art by Siofra site to the July CTP of Atlas. It's a simple site built with Atlas over a weekend, which I have shown a couple of times during demos. Although there isn't much difference from an end-user's perspective, some Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:40 PM by robburke | 1 Comments

XNA Game Studio Express

" XNA Game Studio Express is a set of tools based on Visual C# Express 2005 that allow students and hobbyists to build games that target both Windows and Xbox 360." To all the enthusiasts, hobbyists and students who have ever asked me if they could develop Read More...
Posted Monday, August 14, 2006 4:35 PM by robburke | 5 Comments

Atlas keynote at ApacheCon Europe

Wow - thanks to everyone who attended my Atlas presentation at ApacheCon Europe today. I was overwhelmed by the full house and the warm reception. And it was kinda cool to be the Microsoft guy running Apache and PHP on his laptop :) Here are my slides Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:03 PM by robburke | 5 Comments

Webcast Series: Atlas (20 Jun), Team Foundation Server (22 Jun), Windows Presentation Foundation (27 Jun), VB.NET 2005 (4 Jul)

There's a series of four afternoon webcasts coming up about new developer technologies, and you're very welcome to attend. 20 Jun: Irish MVP Kieran Lynam on ASP.NET Atlas , 22 Jun: TFS expert Martin Woodward on Team Foundation Server , 27 Jun: Avalon Read More...
Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 10:44 AM by robburke | 0 Comments

Vista Beta 2, WinFX Beta 2, Office 2007 Beta 2 (updated 9 June)

If you've been waiting (with beta'd breath) for the ideal moment to start exploring the upcoming Microsoft developer technologies, that moment has arrived. Yesterday saw the release of three different Beta 2s: WinFX Beta 2, Vista Beta 2, and Office 2007 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:30 AM by robburke | 10 Comments
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