Robbie Bach Uni Talk

January 31st, 2010 | Posted by Michael in Games | Programming | Students | Xbox 360 - (0 Comments)

Robbie Bach, President of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division is giving a public talk at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 9th February 2010. For any readers who are in Sydney, this would be a great event to attend. E&D covers everything from the XBOX to the Surface, even Keyboards + Mice from MS hardware. … Read more →

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Autodesk Student Subscriptions [Freebies]

January 9th, 2010 | Posted by Michael in DirectX | Tips | XNA - (0 Comments)

I know that many of you will want to make use of either Blender or the nice free version of Softimage (Previously XSI) on the Creators Club website, however for those interested in expanding their skill set, perhaps with the intention of entering the industry, getting access to 3ds Max or Maya can be quite … Read more →

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Action Based Input Manager w/Events in XNA

January 4th, 2010 | Posted by Michael in Programming | XNA - (2 Comments)

I recently completed an action based Input system for my own engine that allows me to create named actions which support the GamePad, Keyboard and Mouse. The system uses events to notify the game of changes in input state, which makes it really easy to use, and the system supports XML serialisation so key assignments … Read more →

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Disqus Comments Added

January 1st, 2010 | Posted by Michael in Website - (5 Comments)

Just letting everyone know I added Disqus commenting to this site, so if you have a profile with them, use that, otherwise they offer many other ways to login via Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo etc. This adds some more commenting features, and should make the experience better overall. All previous comments should have imported correctly into … Read more →

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