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Sid Meier and the 48-Hour Game 58

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 16, 2010 @12:58AM from the crash-course dept.

MMBK writes "Sid Meier is possibly the most influential game designer ever, having developed the Civilization series, among others. This video documentary looks at his past while he travels to the University of Michigan for the 48-hour game design competition, which was hosted by his son."

Comment Re:Python (Score 1) 799

by tbmoore on Sunday December 27, 2009 @05:23PM (#30565666) Attached to: How To Teach a 12-Year-Old To Program?

You might look at Snake Wrangling for Kids or perhaps at How to Think Like a Computer Scientist.

I second Snake Wrangling for Kids. I've been working through it with my 8 year-old son and think it's great, especially for a free download.

Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters 203

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:56AM from the be-careful-they-cheat dept.

Faithbleed writes "IW's Robert Bowling reports on his twitter account that Infinity Ward is giving 2,500 Modern Warfare 2 cheaters the boot. The news comes as the war between IW and MW2's fans rages over the decision to go with IWnet hosting instead of dedicated servers. Unhappy players were quick to come up with hacks that would allow their own servers and various other changes." Despite the dedicated-server complaints, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ridiculously well.

Oracle Ends Partnership With HP 45

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:57PM from the it's-not-you-it's-me dept.

Rambo Tribble writes "As detailed in a Reuters report, Oracle is terminating their cooperative relationship with HP in light of their anticipated acquisition of Sun. With Sun servers in house, Oracle apparently feels no need to work with HP anymore. They will 'continue to sell the Exadata computers, built in partnership with HP, until existing inventory is sold out, if customers request that model.' Oracle is much more enthusiastic about a new version of Exadata, which they developed with Sun."

SCO Sells Its UNIX Product Line To London Firm 95

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday June 17, 2009 @12:57PM from the still-alive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SCO just forged a deal to sell its UNIX product line to Gulf Capital Partners LLC of London. Under the terms of the deal, SCO would continue to exist as a separate company helmed by Darl McBride, with its primary remaining assets being related to its mobile platform offerings. However, it's noted that this deal must be approved by the court, and should not be considered 'done' yet. It could fall through as others have in the past."

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