I recently had the opportunity to meet with Microsoft Ireland’s new team of Student Partners.  They were incredibly enthusiastic, and I’m looking forward to the great things they’re planning on doing over the next school year. I talked to the students about as much as I could cram into a little over an hour.  So we did a brief overview of Silverlight (they even got a sneak preview of the Silverlight NBC Olympics application!), talked about XNA and game development and lastly walked through

I recently had the opportunity to meet with Microsoft Ireland’s new team of Student Partners.  They were incredibly enthusiastic, and I’m looking forward to the great things they’re planning on doing over the next school year. I talked to the students about as much as I could cram into a little over an hour.  So we did a brief overview of Silverlight (they even got a sneak preview of the Silverlight NBC Olympics application!), talked about XNA and game development and lastly walked through

... 5 studerende som valgte at satse på XNA som platform for deres spil! Jeg ... mødte 4 (af de 5) herre til en "lille" snak om hvordan det er lave spil i XNA og om det nu er så nemt som de alle siger ... og konklusionen må være at det bestemt ikke er en dans på roser, men helt sikkert en platform med et stort potentiale.  Men vigtigst, de ville ikke havde valgt en anden platform trods udfordringerne ;) og det er jo helt vildt positivt :) Gruppen ... bag

... så kom turen til Aalborg hvor de studerende på NOEA fik chancen for at få fingre i visitkortene! Det valgte i at hører om! På NOEA havde de valgt at høre om: * Microsoft Student Partner ( MSP ) programmet * Imagine Cup 2008/2009 * MS Robotics Studio og LEGO NXT! * Silverlight | DeepZoom * Silverlight | Streaming ... men det var ikke det hele! Jacob Korsgaard , Microsoft Student Partner | Games, kom forbi og snakkede om XNA og Xbox360! Mere Streaming ... Rasmus, Microsoft Student Partner, har

Are you interested in or thinking about entering the job market as a game developer? I recently attended the Academic Days on Game Development in Computer Science Education Conference which provided some interesting facts. At the conference, Electronic Arts , Blizzard , Bungie and Garage Games revealed the specific knowledge set and skills they look out for in candidates when hiring new game developers. You can refer to their informative slides by clicking on the links below: Electronic Arts Blizzard

Jeg vil gerne sige velkommen til vores nye Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Jacob Korsgaard . Jacob er studerende ved Aalborg Universitet (AAU) og har stor interesse for spil udvikling med XNA til både Xbox360 og Windows.   Jacob har, igennem længere tid, været meget aktiv indenfor spiludvikling med XNA og har bl.a. deltaget på Nordic Game Jam 2008 (NGJ08) med spillet "Mass Salvation". Jacob fik sin ilddåb som MSP på vores XNA Workshop på Niels

citat fra workshoppen: "... jeg vidste ikke det var så let …"   Her er nogle af de imponerende "sprites" (figurer) i fik tegnet og brugt i jeres XNA spil, imponerende! De er i hver fald mere overbevisende end dem Morten og Jacob fik lavet ;-)   I fredags var vi ( Morten Pedersen , Jacob Korsgaard og jeg) inviteret ud til åbenthus på Niels Brocks it-gymnasium for at fortælle fremtidens IT studerende (9. og 10. klasser) om spiludvikling med Microsoft

Dr. Joaquin Quiñonero-Candela is an Associate Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge. He works with the Applied Games Group. He and his team are doing quite a lot of interesting work as you will see in his talk, titled "Learning to Race." He talks about all of this, as well as a showcase of an internship there. Enjoy! Technorati Tags: XNA Game Studio , XNA , Microsoft

Dr. Joaquin Quiñonero-Candela is an Associate Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge. He works with the Applied Games Group. He and his team are doing quite a lot of interesting work as you will see in his talk, titled "Learning to Race." He talks about all of this, as well as a showcase of an internship there. Enjoy! Technorati Tags: XNA Game Studio , XNA , Microsoft Cross posted from Martha's Blog

Dave Mitchell came all the way from Seattle during his Thanksgiving holiday to talk with students at the XNA tour. He is a director at Microsoft for XNA, and he certainly knows his stuff. Dave gave the opening keynote of the XNA European Tour, where he talked about the "Ongoing Democratization of Game Development." It's an excellent overview of how the games industry is changing and opening up. It's not a country club anymore - XNA allows anyone to play in this space, just like sites such as YouTube