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strict in Windows 8 JavaScript
You might notice that the Default JavaScript uses the keyword: strict. Just what does this...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 07/01/2012
WTF: Anonymous function in JavaScript, what about private functions?
Oh I have nodding my head whenever Jeremy Foster when he speaks about anonymous functions in...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/30/2012
More storyboarding Irate Dolphins, incorporating the PFE feedback
So you might be thinking: “Sam if you did the PFE lab, why are still doing storyboarding?” ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/28/2012
Preparing for Windows 8 App Review
I recently went through the Windows 8 App Review for a game I am working on. What I found out:...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/26/2012
Snap, Snap, Snap: Windows 8 Game Design and HTML 5, part 2
I really like Windows 8, ok, I really liked Windows 7 and Vista, but this is different, I like the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/21/2012
Snap, Snap, Snap: Windows 8 Game Design and HTML 5, part 1
Snap. Snap. Snap. Get it? Snap. So how do you do a Snap? Ever watch a little...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/21/2012
List of four Kinect Security items
For a device that should be all about games, people are sure thinking up ways to use the Kinect for...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/20/2012
Irate Dolphins: More storyboard
I have been feverishly working on an HTML5/JS game for Windows 8 and while working through the...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/19/2012
Designing for the Windows Kinect: Hover Buttons
Hover buttons, pretty cool, but not well explained in the documentation that I have found. ...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/17/2012
Windows 8, C++ and XAML: Game Design
Game design using the latest version of Visual Studio, VS 12. Interesting, I did notice that...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/16/2012
Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind,
Software, one of the few tools and mediums that respond pretty much directly to your mind, here is a...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/08/2012
Google App Engine Pricing compared to Visual Studio
Ok, I am not going to do a point by point pricing comparison to Google App Engine, but it appears...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/07/2012
Windows 8: What is this token thing when registering at the store?
If you are trying to register for the store, there is the $49 thing (if you are in the US), but it...
Author: Surf4Fun Date: 06/04/2012