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 children. Tomorrow night (July 23rd at 6:00 in Waltham), we're kicking off a multiple month look at the 2D Role Playing Game starter kit that's freely available from the XNA Creators Club site.  We'll look at some of the approaches

Some coincidental scheduling has given me a chance to speak with both the Boston .NET and Beantown .NET user groups this week, both on XNA ! You'll have two chances to get up to speed on how to create games easily for Windows, XBox 360, and the Zune using XNA and .NET. The Boston .NET meeting is on Wednesday (7/9) in Waltham and the Beantown .NET meeting is on Thursday (7/10) on State St. in Boston, both are from 6-8 PM.  If you're interested in the Beantown .NET meeting , send an RSVP email

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 you're new to the group, the content of these meetings remains very approachable even if you're brand new to XNA and games development, so come on down! -Chris

Just a reminder that the Boston XNA Developer Group will be having a meeting at its usual day/time (fourth Wednesday of the month), tomorrow, May 28th at 6:00 at the Microsoft office in Waltham, MA. Michael Cummings will be presenting. The content level is still introductory, so if you're new to XNA, please do stop by! Head to the group's site for resources and information. -Chris

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 offices in Waltham . Note that this is a Thursday , not a Wednesday as we normally prefer. Check out the Boston XNA Developers Group website for more details. (Great if you can join the site, but it's not required to attend.) Michael Cummings

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 with XNA from scratch, zilch, zero. No game development experience is required , just a passion for playing games and a desire to make them. The meeting will be from 6:00-8:00 on Wednesday, March 26th (we're aiming for the fourth Wednesday of each month)

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 and no background in game development is required - just a passion for games and coding. The first meeting will center on a broad introduction to game development with XNA for Windows and Xbox 360. We'll also have plenty of hot-off-the-press XNA

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 27th at 6:00 at the Microsoft offices (201 Jones Road, 6th floor) in Waltham, MA. The meeting will introduce XNA and XNA Game Studio (available for free) and will have some discussion around plans and goals for the group. No prior game development experience

GameDev Day '07 is this Saturday at Harvard and I'm very pleased with how well the agenda has come together. We have an incredibly strong group of presenters from the gaming industry with interesting sessions throughout the day. First, a change in logistics. We are now in Emerson Hall (room 105) , which is right next door to our original Sever Hall. In exciting news, we're going to be joined by Kent Quirk and John Lester from Linden Lab (makers of Second Life) to speak about virtual worlds and technology!

Like games? Wonder how they're made? Want to know how to make them yourself? Come to GameDev Day '07 , a free event being hosted at Harvard University on December 1st, sponsored by Microsoft in association with the Harvard Interactive Media Group ( HIMG ). The Details What: GameDev Day '07 Boston Who: ANYONE - students, professionals, enthusiasts - interested in learning about how games are made and the gaming industry When: Saturday, December 1st, 10 AM - 4 PM Where: Harvard University [ directions