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The cost of an Xbox 360 is dropping like a brick, which is just as well considering [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21179/532/"]so many things can go wrong[/URL] with the Microsoft games console. In fact the whole Red Rings of Death thing has led to some frustrated users [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21290/532/"]taking Microsoft to court[/URL]. Jesse Maiman, a …

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I have a fascination with fun math tricks.... If you know of any, id love to hear them! Examples: Square a 2 Digit Number Ending in 5 For this example we will use 25 * Take the "tens" part of the number (the 2 and add 1)=3 * Multiply the …

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I bought this cheap computer game the other day, called I of the dragon. I was STOKED. It's an adorable RPG where you can play as a dragon and build a town to protect. nerdy, i know... I didn't read the spex, unfortunately, and popped it into my PC to …

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Hey there guys! Since it's that time of the year, most people are just sitting at their desks, business is dead and you bored out your skull (Unless ofcourse you have a [B]real[/B] job). So I thought, hey, I've got a phone with all this extra crap on including games, …

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Which one of these things are best for developing games or others? Which is easiest? Which one can you use to make some money off of?

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i have a game in eclipse that when i used to run would open up and work but i made a couple changes to it and now it just runs for a couple seconds(doesnt open up any windows) and then it says terminated down by the console in eclipse?

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So i have a video that i want to convert, so my PS3 can read it. It is an mp4 that i wish to convert for the PS3, so a possible output would be to an avi or divx file. However some of the converters i have tried take up …

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I have no idea at all, nothing, on how to make a full, running and working snake game. I tried starting off using character symbols in ASCII to draw its head and body, but from there on I have no clue on how to make it move with out having …

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I've been making games for a Nintendo DS homebrew with PAlib and DevkitPro and C code for a while now but I was wondering if DS game development would be available with Java. If not the DS, what would Java be able to make games with? I know that Android …

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So, once again, this is a really dumb question. I am outsourcing some C++ Programming work for a game. When I say outsourcing, I mean India, so I will never meet these programmers. I was just wondering how I would get the coding off of them. Can I simply ctrl+c, …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]19382[/ATTACH]If you happen to be in the market for an all-in-one Windows PC, the Compaq 6000 Pro from Hewlett Packard is worth of serious consideration. This well-equipped, dual-core workstation performed well in benchmarks and our hands-on tests, and its integrated graphics circuitry drove a highly demanding single-shooter game smoothly, pegging …

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Hello every one I'm trying to write a game that has a person guess a number between 1 and 100 hand have the computer guess that number via inputs from the user but I keep running into snags. [CODE]#include <iostream> #include <cmath> #include <cstdlib> using namespace std; int main() { …

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Hi I'm new with Python (I'm a genetics major who took a computing course as an elective) and I have an assignment that requires me to write a simple text based game. Its an exercise an working with lists, if, elif, and while statements. It also has to be able …

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Im writing a blackjack program to train one to count cards using the Hi-Lo System. I found the engine online ( it was open sourced.) Instead of the code here using only numbers and Letters, i want to add only pictures of the cards instead of the numbers and card …

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So I'm pretty far into development of my new game and I am trying to figure out how to do a bullet that will look like it fires from a plane sprite I thought of a way it didn't work so I went back to my old code. I would …

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when ever i try to compile/run my game in eclipse it says this [QUOTE]Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at OurGame.Board.checkCollisions(Board.java:78) at OurGame.Board.actionPerformed(Board.java:40) at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Unknown Source) at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source) at …

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I started this game a few months ago and I decided to finish it up, but a problem im having is with my arena. basically the "Arena" is the final thing to the game. If you beat the arena you win the game. whats wrong with it, is that when …

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I have just downloaded William Hill poker software but when i run it there seems to be a lot of issues. My mouse arrow and loading icon vibrate so not able to navigate the site. When i click to exit the whole thing freezes. I troubleshoot and get message incompatible …

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Hi, i want some help on my VB game (school project). My vb is 6.0 and i want do match image. i want do 6 random pictures, if you can help me, tanks

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I was watching the java game tutorials by thenewboston on youtube but he stopped making them. Anyone know of any good tutorials for making java 2d or 3d games?

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Is there any software/tools available, through which once I design my environment for game, it automatically suggest action script to the game in each & every part of flash game designing.

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I have a web portal [url]http://www.game4tress.com[/url] that loads a series of databases. Most of the time, everything works fine, but certain times, especially on google chrome, if i click too fast on a link, inside the main page (to play a certain game), i get an (unknown) error message when …

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Have the following code but can only get it to work when I enter nothing into the answer box then it says sorry..... but if i enter any# or a letter it doesnt do anything.. wordpad will not accept all the end if's and else statements either. only one it …

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Hi I am new to the forums, and somewhat new to python. I'm trying to make a Text Based Adventure game. I don't have an error, but a bug. This is the code: [code]import descriptions inventory = [] gold = 0 acts = {"north":"hi"} def start(acts): print(descriptions.start) rm_a(acts) def rm_a(acts): …

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Hello, I want to make a video game. I have no team, so I'm on my own for this. What are the main categories I need to know about making a video game? I know of C++, but what else? Also, are there any books any of you recomend for …

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I made a blog about game development to help beginners like me, here it is: [URL="http://howtomakeagameinmyopinion.blogspot.com/"]How to make a game in my opinion![/URL] I hope it helps! Any suggestions? By the way sorry my bad English.

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Hello, My whole life I've wanted to make a video game. I've been influenced by notable programmers; Shigeru Miamoto and Tetsuya Nomura. I'd like to learn how to do C++ programming so I can make a game. I'm only a freshman in high school, so you can imagine, I don't …

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I have, in the past, argued that the iPhone is more of [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22077/1168/"]a games console that happens to make phone calls[/URL] than the other way around. I admit that I had my tongue in my cheek when I penned that particular piece, but there is no doubting that the iPhone …

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I need help with my code for computers, our final assignment is to make a simple game, so I decided to do Hangman. This assignment is worth 20% of my final mark due on Monday so if anybody could help me with it I would really appreciate it. (I'm still …

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