Discussions about programming and programming languages are frequent. They can get heated. One interesting notion is the notion of language [...]

“Zebra-Striping” is the name for a common technique for reports or long lists of items where each row is given a colour distinct from those [...]

Sometimes you need to create temporary files. Usually, you can discard those temporary files by opening them in a fashion so they are deleted when they are [...]

XNA Game Studio is a finicky bugger, and it’s even more finicky now that it is no longer being maintained. One of the biggest issues is that it [...]

I’ve already covered this topic from the perspective of why C# is better than Java, In my opinion. This time, I’ll go over the differences as [...]

C#’s linq(language-integrated query) features are some of the more powerful features available through the language. Aside from it’s query [...]

Most application frameworks/languages provide access to the Command Line parameters passed to your application. Generally it is passed to your application [...]

Is XNA Going Away? The following consists of my opinion and does not constitute the passing on of an official statement from Microsoft. All thoughts and [...]

Randomization is something that is pretty much a staple in games. But the tricky part is randomizing in an expected way. Some kinds of randomization, you [...]

Note: This Post has been (partly) superceded by the implementation described in the more recent Alpha blended forms revisited Post. One common problem that [...]