This was my second shot at creating a game using Microsoft’s new XNA Framework: A memory game is my project of choice whenever i learn a new language or technology – C# in this case. Memory games require you to learn loops, arrays, random numbers, input control, game states, branching statements … many of the [...] Keep Reading

i started fooling around with XNA back when it was first released, and i produced this gem: i drew the button graphics myself and used free NASA images for the backgrounds. Coming from a Flash background, the idea of having one master loop and programming “game states” was completely foreign to me. This “game” was just [...] Keep Reading

Tucked away in an empty, dimly-lit corner of the Sony Consumer Electronics Show in Toronto last weekend was a display touting Sony’s commitment to the environment. The bits i’ve highlighted in the picture of the display board read “Our commitment to the environment is evident in our products” and “Reducing waste is a key Sony Canada [...] Keep Reading

One item that caught my eye at the Sony Consumer Electronics show on the weekend – and probably because it was placed on its own stand and punched up with renaissance lighting – was the GC1 Net Sharing Cam. True technophiles will balk at it because it doesn’t have the latest subset of flimflams and can’t [...] Keep Reading

i checked out the Sony Consumer Electronics show this afternoon. The big press show was on Thursday. This event seemed like more of a bid for Sony to show Joe Public that they’ve purchased and renamed the Sony Centre …. formerly the Hummingbird Centre … formerly the O’Keefe Centre … formerly a large [...] Keep Reading