| UG LEADER |
 Chris G. Williams Microsoft MVP |
| STEERING COMMITTEE |
 Jason Bock Microsoft MVP  Justin M. Chase  Zach Wendt |
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| CALENDAR |
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March 20th Nick Landry INETA speaker Nick Landry talks 3D game development. April 17th May 15th
June 26th
July 20th
August 21st
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June 26th, 2008 at 6:00PM
LOCATION
Magenic (Directions)
4150 Olson Memorial Hwy
Golden Valley, MN 55422
TOPIC
XNA 3.0 and Zune Gaming
AGENDA
| 6:00 - 6:15 | : Pizza/Meet 'n Greet |
| 6:15 - 6:20 | : Brief Announcements |
| 6:20 - 7:45 | : XNA 3.0 and Zune Gaming |
| 7:45 - 8:00 | : Any Q&A and Wrapup! |
REFRESHMENTS
Food provided by Magenic.
GIVEAWAYS
XBOX 360 Games & Tshirts
Books & More... TBD
TUTORIALS
BLOGS
TOOLS
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June Topic: XNA 3.0 and Zune Gaming
This month, we're skipping the speaker and getting up-close and personal, again. We're going to pull the chairs and tables around and have a discussion on XNA 3.0 and the Zune gaming experience. We'll talk about what's new, what's not, publishing to the Zune and issues you may run into. We'll also be announcing the first TCXNAUG Game Development contest. There will be prizes. Discussion and participation are encouraged. This is not a lecture. |
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July: Summer Cookout
No meeting in July, but please join us at 2pm on July 20th for a member cookout. We'll be grilling chicken, burgers and hot dogs. If you want a steak, you are welcome to bring one and we'll throw it on the grill. A few basic rules: This is a user group event. As such, we can not afford to feed your entire family, so if you're bringing the kids, please contribute to the grill. Also, no beer allowed, sorry. We can't be responsible for a bunch of folks standing in the sun and drinking all afternoon and then driving home. Sodas will be provided, of course. |
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User Group Updates / Industry News / (Mostly) Relevant Thoughts |
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| 6/25/2008 | Updated Cookout date to July 20th at 2pm.
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| 6/09/2008 | Be on the lookout for a special announcement regarding the XNA / IGDA cookout on Saturday, July 20th. This event
will be a joint effort between the International Game Developer Association and the Twin Cities XNA User Group, with
sponsorship by Magenic and Microsoft.
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| 6/09/2008 | Updated site for June meeting, featuring the newly available XNA 3.0 CTP and Zune gaming. Be sure to RSVP
for this month's meeting.
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| 5/01/2008 | Head over to the Creators Club website to grab the latest XNA 3.0 CTP bits. Games for Zune, yayy!
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| 4/08/2008 | Updated site for April & May meetings. Be sure to RSVP for next week's meeting.
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| 3/13/2008 | Added site calendar for past and upcoming meetings. Check it out, to your left.
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| 3/6/2008 | Thanks to Ryan Foss for this newstip: Interesting podcast about developing XNA games and winning. They interview the creator of Dishwasher. He talks about the why's and how's, and also how long it took. www.chatterboxgameshow.com Show 213 (mp3)
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| 3/4/2008 | Site updated for INETA speaker Nick Landry. Be sure to use the RSVP link for the meeting.
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| 2/22/2008 | Checkers AI Podcast: Listen to it here.
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| 2/20/2008 | Huge GDC announcements. XNA coming to ZUNE and Community Games coming to Live!! See you Thursday night.
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| 1/22/2008 | Site updated for AI night. Be sure to use the RSVP link for the meeting.
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| 1/11/2008 | Site updated for TorqueX night. Be sure to use the RSVP link for the meeting. Pizza from Magenic! Next month (February) is AI month.
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| 12/03/2007 | Site updated for member projects night. Be sure to use the RSVP link for the meeting. Pizza from Microsoft!
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| 11/29/2007 | 2-3 more presenters needed for "Member Projects" night. Contact Chris to sign up.
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| 11/19/2007 | XNA 2.0 BETA now available for download. Get it here!
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| 11/16/2007 | Last night was the first meeting of the Twin Cities XNA User Group. If you made it, thanks for coming.
I really appreciate the great turnout. If you didn't make it, hopefully you'll catch the next one because
you really missed out. Andy "The ZMan" Dunn was our special guest speaker and he was nice enough to stay
for several hours past the end of the meeting, answering questions and talking about the industry.
Next month looks to be a good one as well. We'll be featuring projects from our user group members, so if you're interested in participating, please drop me a line. More info to follow on this one. -Chris |
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| 11/01/2007 | Local IGDA Chapter is meeting tonight at Minnesota School of Business. Click here for more info. -Chris
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| 10/10/2007 | User Group formed, Domain registered, Site launched. Registered with CodeZone and INETA. Woot.
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