Catalin's XNA Experiments

The XNA guys have just released the XNA GS 3.0 beta. You can read more about it on the XNA Team Blog, and on the 3.0 beta page. I also recommend checking out Zman’s comprehensive list of API changes from 2.0 to 3.0. Now go ahead and install it!

I just found out about the new Zune update going online from Mykre and went ahead and installed it. An interesting thing after updating is the presence of two prepacked games in this update. These are Hexic and Texas Hold’Em. Have fun playing! Note: neither of the games have an Exit option in the main [...]

Yesterday, I heard about Google Chrome, and downloaded it to give it a shot. The first impressions are very good. The features I like best are: Quick multi-threaded loading Very clean interface Tabs on the title bar. This was strange at first, but now I like how it gives more viewing space for the page [...]

The submission process for the Dream Build Play 2008 competition has begun. You still have until September 23rd to finish your games and submit them. Meanwhile, the DBP site has a nice new feature, the Gallery, where you can see games entered into the competition. Let’s see who’s first.

I’m sorry to say this, but due to time restrictions, I won’t be able to provide a sample for the month of August. The whole August has been really busy for me, and it looks like the first half of September will mostly be the same. Again, I’m sorry for this, but I’ll make up [...]