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I was meddling with Stackless version of Python, creating a small set of Entities in a System, experimenting with various modes of communication between an Entity and the System and needed something to visualize the results of various communication (simple writing to a file is not an option, the Entities already do a lot of writing of their properties into a small database) and I came across to a completely unrelated thing – XNA Game Studio Express. Sure, it’s not Python, nor it is related to it, but it is very interesting (to me, at least!).

The excerpt from the Overview says it all: “XNA Game Studio Express enables hobbyists, academics, and small, independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Xbox 360 console using new, optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on .NET. This official release enables the creation of games for Windows XP SP2-based PCs. Combined with an active membership in the XNA Creators Club (available from Xbox Live Marketplace), you can also create, debug, and play games on your Xbox 360 console.“

All I can say is – sweet! Now I can actually make something useful for my console. If only CCP would listen and make Eve Online for Xbox 360.. Wait a minute, I already spend way too much time playing games :)...

Back to my Entities, then…

Skinuo sam sinoc demo nove igre za Xbox360 – Crackdown (tricavih 1.26Gb). U pitanju je 3rd person pucacina, cini mi se svojevrstan blend GTA serijala i Judge Dredd stripova :). Sta ovu igru cini posebnom? U pitanju je prava next-gen igra – grafika neverovatno detaljna (da ne idem u detalje, pogledajte snimke ekrana), prostor za igru (iliti grad u kome se borite na strani zakona protivu prljavih bandi) je ooogroman i potpuno interaktivan ali ono sto cini ovu igru “truly next-gen” je i online igranje.. Maaasivno online igranje – grad u kome igrate ce biti prepun ostalih igraca (nema ogranicenja) s kojima cete moci da zajedno ucestvujete u borbama, koordinirate napade i slicno. Jos da su autori igre dozvolili mogucnost izbora s koje strane zakona igrac moze da bude, gde bi toj zabavi bio kraj…

Xbox Live je jedna veoma cool stvar! Ne samo sto mozete da igrate igre online, vec imate pristup preuzimanju demo igara, dodatnih sadrzaja za igre koje vec imate, zatim filmove, TV serije (CSI rocks!) i jos dosta toga.. Preuzimanje demo igara je narocito cool stvar, jer mozete da isprobate bilo koju igru pre kupovine, sto je jako zgodna stvar (narocito ako imate mesecni budzet za igre :).