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Torque Boot Camp - Tempe, AZ

Had a grand time in Tempe, AZ delivering the most recent Torque Boot Camp, at the University of Advancing Technology. Quite an interesting school--lots of gamey things happening all over. My favorite ...

Author Ken Finney Date 11/03/2008 (11:20 pm) Comment 7 comments

Here and There

I will be a guest speaker at Microsoft's http://www.microsoft.com/canada/technet/energizeit/ being held this weekend at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre. I will be pres...

Author Ken Finney Date 06/14/2007 (8:58 pm) Comment 7 comments

Canadian Torque Developer killed in Afghanistan

My friend, and fellow GG Torque dev, http://www.garagegames.com/my/home/view.profile.php?qid=48419, aka [url=http://www.txpgone3d.com/portal.php]Dr. Evil ~ TAG...

Author Ken Finney Date 04/12/2007 (6:34 am) Comment 37 comments

Bopping along at Sprite House Games

Yay! As a direct result of http://www.garagegames.com/mg/snapshot/view.php?qid=1336, [url=www.spritehousegames.com]Sprite House Games, Inc.[/url], a n...

Author Ken Finney Date 12/16/2006 (3:28 pm) Comment 4 comments

Calling all Canadian Game Devs!

During the past couple of weeks, I've been to a few game industry events, two of which particularly deserve mention: MIGS (Montreal International Game Summit), and the Microsoft GameOn XNA event in To...

Author Ken Finney Date 11/14/2006 (4:39 pm) Comment 27 comments

What goes around, comes around

3D Game Programming All in One, Second Edition (3D2E) was finally put to bed today. It should be on the shelves in November. The CD has gone for printing, the book is rattling through preprint ...

Author Ken Finney Date 09/26/2006 (7:04 pm) Comment 26 comments

Plan for Ken

More books in the works, game design ideas gathering mental dust. Tubettiworld creeps along, furtively, but undeterred.

Author Ken Finney Date 06/11/2004 (6:59 pm) Comment 10 comments

Plan for Ken

Tubettiworld BETA 1.4 released

Author Ken Finney Date 12/02/2002 (8:18 pm) Comment 5 comments

Plan for Ken

After much wailing, gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair, TW BETA 1.3 (closed) is in the hands of the snarling hordes of betatesterii (genus: crashum burnum).

Author Ken Finney Date 05/18/2002 (10:22 pm) Comment 13 comments

Plan for Ken

TubettiWorld: New Closed BETA rev coming Real Soon Now. First Gameplay-specific BETA to follow shortly after.

Author Ken Finney Date 04/11/2002 (2:15 pm) Comment 6 comments

Plan for Kenneth

Perfecting the TubettiWorld message, firming up the team and roles, preparing for trip to CGDC 2002.

Author Ken Finney Date 03/10/2002 (7:35 am) Comment 6 comments

Plan for Kenneth

I believe that games in general do not sufficiently exploit the social dynamics of online gaming communities.

Author Ken Finney Date 03/02/2002 (6:35 pm) Comment 2 comments