Managed World

 I never got around to posting this originally, so there's no better time than now to post it!!!

If you've been Hussein-ing it lately (being stuck in a whole) or just bobbing for crawdads (sticking your head in the sand, hardey har har), you probably haven't seen the new Coding4Fun site over at MSDN (not to be confused with "Codeine For Fun").

Even though Scott Hanselman does have a series there, it is not what I'm most excited about. I'm excited about the fact that it appears that we hobbyist game developers are finally going to get some much-needed love spread all over us (and not in the physical sense). In the past, I've complained about how out-of-date the DirectX developer center was and how, even though Microsoft wants to be a major player with Managed DirectX, Microsoft was not producing quality content on its own product. I'm glad to announce that it appears that this has changed.

You see, the new Coding4Fun portal also has a series of Game Development articles and resources (funny I still hear "Codeine For Fun" every time I say it to myself in my head (yes, I talk a lot to myself if you must know)). There is even a "Q&A" section with the ZMan himself. However, this is *still* not the thing I'm most excited about. Nope! I promise! What I'm excited about is the potential that these webcasts show (that reminds me of this really cheesy physics joke (and I may vary well be butchering it here): Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he has great potential! Hardy har har). The webcasts are being done by instructors from the infamous DigiPen.

If you haven't checked it out lately, make sure that you do so. You will not regret it at all!