Sgt. Conker » The Shawn http://www.sgtconker.com We are "absolutely fine" Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:29:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Whoa… long time no see http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/11/whoa-long-time-no-see/ http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/11/whoa-long-time-no-see/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:33:47 +0000 Captain ZSquare http://www.sgtconker.com/?p=1878 Sorry for the long absence :)

Anyway, here's some news:

Miscellany Tips for Working With a WP7 Device for the First Time, by Michael B. McLaughlin

Compressed GPU data formats, by The Shawn

Viewing Windows Phone 7 Marketplace on the simulator, by David Amador

]]> http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/11/whoa-long-time-no-see/feed/ 0 RIP Point Sprites, We Hardly Knew Thou http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/03/rip-point-sprites-we-hardly-knew-thou/ http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/03/rip-point-sprites-we-hardly-knew-thou/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:46:17 +0000 Captain boki http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/03/rip-point-sprites-we-hardly-knew-thou/ The Shawn posted an obituary to (for?) the point sprites, explaining the reasoning behind their removal from the XNA Framework 4.0. Also, he shares 360 performance details of the alternatives, indicating that there is no real penalty to be paid.

]]> http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/03/rip-point-sprites-we-hardly-knew-thou/feed/ 0 The Shawn: Math in 2D vs. 3D http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-math-in-2d-vs-3d/ http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-math-in-2d-vs-3d/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:22:26 +0000 Captain boki http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-math-in-2d-vs-3d/ Continuing his quest of pouring fuel to the fire The Shawn didn’t start he now writes about Doing math in 2D vs. 3D while teasing at an upcoming vector math post.

]]> http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-math-in-2d-vs-3d/feed/ 0 The Shawn: Why do 2D worlds make sense? http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-why-do-2d-worlds-make-sense/ http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-why-do-2d-worlds-make-sense/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:46:09 +0000 Captain boki http://www.sgtconker.com/2010/02/the-shawn-why-do-2d-worlds-make-sense/ Shawn Hargreaves ponders the possible reasons why 2D games are still popular: “What makes less sense to me is why our brains are so much better at doing math and physics in 2D than 3D” and causes a discussion in the comments.

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