Category Archives: REVIEW

Review: Risk Factions (PSN by EA)

Posted on June 19, 2011 by bob

Risk Factions is a downloadable game on the PSN. I only played the free demo which unlocks one campaign and limited time in classic. The gameboard and interface graphics are nicely done and worth looking at if you are building … Continue reading →

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Google eBooks and Adobe Digital Editions

Posted on May 12, 2011 by bob

I made my first eBook purchase today. I chose the google eBook over the Amazon Kindle version as multi-device support seems much more useful. Perhaps that means I’m locking into a future iPad or Nook as my dedicated reading device. … Continue reading →

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Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Posted on May 12, 2011 by bob

The 37signal founders Jason and David have written a book that anyone wanting to be more productive at work ought to read. It tells us what we may already know. It makes us question the things we’ve been taught. And … Continue reading →

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AS 3.0 Game Programming University by Gary Rosenzweig

Posted on May 11, 2011 by bob

The author Gary Resonzweig has written lots and lots of Flash games. I won the book as a raffle prize at the Indie MMO Conference in March. My other choices were OpenGL books. I figured I’d end up loaning it … Continue reading →

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Review: Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock

Posted on May 11, 2011 by bob

The author Colin Moock is a name known to almost every ActionScript programmer. I haven’t read his other book(s) — “ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide” — which seems to be more about interacting with Flash objects and is … Continue reading →

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