In speaking with Joel Martinez about my most recent game project, we got to the point of talking about finishing a game, and he mentioned something about animation. A friend of mine had developed part of a game engine I had … Continue reading
Back in the MS-DOS era, I was a PC gamer. One of my favorites was a cult classic called UFO: Enemy Unknown, which introduced the entire X-COM series. I still play it to this day… it has major replay value. … Continue reading
Things have been pretty hectic for me lately. I have 3 week old twins and barely enough time to do much of anything for myself. My coding comes in bits and pieces here and there, but I have managed to … Continue reading
At some point with every new project, we have to do multiple browser testing to check for compatibility. The major browser types are usually covered by the team, and we all usually have at least Firefox, Chrome, and one flavor … Continue reading
<shamelessplug>I don’t know if I have shared this, but I work for Caesars Entertainment doing web development. Go make a hotel reservation and you’ll be using everything that my work has been for the last 2 years.</shamelessplug> Anyway, as web … Continue reading
I just got around to updating wordpress to 3.0, and today I login to find a 3.1 update! This one was even easier with php safe mode turned off. I just clicked a button, and boom… WordPress 3.1. Good stuff. … Continue reading
Just painlessly upgraded my WordPress install to the latest. Good stuff… nice and easy (manual install). Edit: So it wasn’t quite as painless as I had initially thought. Apparently PHP safe mode wreaks havoc on a wordpress install, so that … Continue reading
I know I read this one, but I completely missed my own name in it: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/xna/archive/2010/03/18/creators-club-communiqu-46.aspx Pretty amazing, and I only saw it thanks to a pingback. Now I have to get back into XNA… I miss it and I … Continue reading
While reading all the latest WP7 buzz, I got to thinking that I am going to need some way of managing input between devices so as not to have a billion #if WINDOWS_PHONE or #if XBOX preprocessor statements all over … Continue reading
I purchased an HTC Ozone (upgradable to WM6.5), and a couple months later the Droid came to Verizon. Needless to say, I was upset, but there was nothing I could do about it. Enter Microsoft: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/04/microsoft-talks-windows-phone-7-series-development-ahead-of-gdc/ http://blogs.msdn.com/ckindel/archive/2010/03/04/different-means-better-with-the-new-windows-phone-developer-experience.aspx That’s right… XNA … Continue reading