February 2005 - Posts

Interested in working on the Parental Controls system for the next version of Windows?
Nothing Managed DX related, but an exciting opportunity for developers nonetheless. Our group is hiring a few motivated and talented developers just for this role! There are two positions open currently, you can find out more about the first position Read More...
Posted 28 February 05 06:28 by tmiller | 0 Comments   
Two (Three?) new Managed DirectX applications I've recently discovered..
First, NASA's World Wind.. If you haven't seen this, you should check it out here: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ Second, I noticed two new games from Sand Lot Games that are in the MS Partner Pack .. Both of these games are written in Managed DirectX Read More...
Posted 28 February 05 03:21 by tmiller | 1 Comments   
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World of Warcraft - Game of the... Months?
Now, I'm not much of what you might call a "MMORPG" type gamer. I've tried many of them in the past, and never really got into them at all. That all changed with World of Warcraft, which I found engaging and fun right from the start.. I was in beta for Read More...
Posted 28 February 05 02:16 by tmiller | 50 Comments   
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It's come to my attention...
That the folks over at TrayGames are starting to make some noise.. They're looking to meet some prospective developers at this years Game Developers Conference (yes i'll be there), and even have a blog started up for their community. With their new platform Read More...
Posted 23 February 05 02:52 by tmiller | 2 Comments   
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The code!!! It doesn't compile!!!
So I was looking at my latest book on Amazon and noticed it had a review.. Only 1 star.. Apparently 'Phoenix Guy' can't get the code to compile, and really there's nothing else to say.. (Although, if you read this 'Phoenix Guy', please stop using all Read More...
Posted 21 February 05 02:41 by tmiller | 29 Comments   
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February DirectX SDK Available!
It's actually been available a few days, but.. Here are the new features: What’s New in this Release: For a complete list of updates, please refer to the SDK Documentation "What's New" sections. SDK Windows 2000 is no longer a supported platform for the Read More...
Posted 15 February 05 11:35 by tmiller | 9 Comments   
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