Well I read an article in Dr. Dobbs Journal about M$ Expression and I must say, I like it! I tried it and although I have yet to get it working, I forsee the applicaiton of XAML in creating GUIs for games and almost all other things out there related to apps. Here are some links: XAML overview - http://www.xaml.net/index.html XAML and Controls - the MSDN site deinition. - Link Great list of tools and information about it - Link M$ Expression Blend application IDE - Link...

An amazing deal for casual game developers... Link XNA - is it ready? Haven't read it yet, but looks good - Link Exploits of online games - what to do... haven't read yet either... Link Lua Lua, ohh ya... going to start using it, so here are some addons for your favorite comile/IDE environment.... Link online collaboration... probably going to use this... Link tada... enjoy... just not enough time in the day... there is a great one with Jonathan Blow interview out ...

I have embarrased my family and for that I am truly sorry. It was not intentional for that to happen.I have deleted this article out of respect for them. I only wished to counter the bullshit that was being thrown about by the news, which of course always on the side of whatever is the flashiest at the time.Again, my appologies.Richard Elswick

Yes they are a tad bit more expensive than other shoes out there, but Red Wing manufactured work boots are the best IMO! Why, well, I still have an old, old pair from about 4 years ago, which I retired to only dirty, gurngy work last year, when I got a new pair from work. They are steel toed and have electric isolation properties as well. My replacement boots are from Red Wing shoes as well. The store that sells them, a Red Wing (franchise?) includes with the purchase a lifetime offer...

This office will be announcing some of the future initiatives related to the Creative Industries in and around the Metro Detroit area. Look for some good things out of this office.

If you use Feedburner for your RSS feed, then this is this is a very nice tool to see how things are developing over time!

We are currently in the planning stage right now and targetting a short 6-12 month program. Well I am checking out www.worldforge.org which is an Open Source MMO engine and one I am pushing for. There are others out there, some we can pay for, but with not a lot of capital to work with I am suggesting we don't and go with another method. The market for the game is already established and we have some awesome artists on board. Right now I am the Lead Programmer and it will most likely ...

so my company's VP of Systems Engineering is chatting on this TV show about the state of Lithium Ion and hybrid vehicles... Here is a link to the show and if you miss it, I believe you can watch these shows on their sites after it has aired on TV: http://www.autolinedetroit.tv/show/1130

So I read a blog about a couple of software products, which allow collaborative whiteboard usage. Maybe one day I can find a usage for this, but until then, what do you think of thse two products: Link Link

There was phenomenal speech given at GDC2007 by Raph Koster concerning Web 2.0 and Gaming! See the article post link for the mp3 audio recording of the presentation. from ex-Sony Online Entertainment producer and A Theory of Fun author Raph Koster" Here is the news post about it: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14308 Here is the link to the powerpoint slides for the speech: Link Anyhow, I had to listen to it again and took some quick notes about it, so...

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Here is a nice paper, which makes me want to install Linux on my PS3, so I can try out some programming for the Cell processor. Looks like fun, might be fun, stay tuned!

Maybe one day I will try a submission, but right now I have a good friend of mine going through the process right now... exciting stuff from Michigan!

I know there are not a lot of Game Devs on here and most are probably from Stardock, but what do you use for Software Requirements Development? My company, Link , which I am newly (4 months ago) switched over to work as a Software Engineer doesn't quite have an explicit method by which Software Requirements are done. Yes, we do them, but the process isn't super effiecient and we have considered some alternatives to our current process, such as purchasing the DOORS software for Requirements...

A good friend of mine, Scott Dunham, just wrote an excellent article about the state of the Game Industry in Michigan. so here it is: Link