Breaking into a Video game Programming career

I had some thoughts on video game programming jobs, but an important question – “if every game studio required 2 years of experience, where would a new graduate get it?”, was not clearly answered. Ilya Grigorik followed up with a link to an interesting article by Matt Gilgenbach, a video game developer. There Matt talks [...]

Getting Started with the XNA Creators Club

The guys of the XNA Team Blog have went over to the Microsoft Studios and put together a video on deploying a game to a console using XNA Game Studio Express. It’s actually quite well done, and covers the essentials of getting your game to your Xbox 360. The key points covered are:

Downloading and installing [...]

iRobot Create – Programmable Robot Kit

Looks like someone at iRobot has recognized the demand for a versatile robotic base by hobbyists and educators. The original vacuum bot has already been widely modified and reprogrammed, to the point of publishing books such as Hacking Roomba: ExtremeTech. Now the vacuum mechanics have been replaced by an open cargo bay, making room for [...]