Archive for the ‘Team Interviews’ Category

September 30th, 2008

Team Interview – Tom Miller

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This week I am very excited to bring you a really fun team interview! Tom Miller is one of those people that needs little introductions if you’ve been following the world of Managed Game Development at all. Remember all that stuff about Managed DirectX? That was Tom’s work, he brought that to reality. So I [...]

After tormenting you with an interview with Shawn’s cat, it’s only fair that we talk to the man himself. Today, we are going to know more about "teh Shawn" as he’s known to us now at the office. Shawn is the man responsible for quite a few of the nifty parts of the XNA Game [...]

So… after a while of inactivity, busy at work, got a new baby girl, I am back with yet another team interview! This one is a bit different though. You see, this interview is not with an actual team member, but with a legend that lives within our environment. A legend that I’ve come to [...]

Hey everyone! Back again with yet another interview with one of the XNA GS team members. Today I bring Scott Darnell! Scott has worked on some very key areas of the product and has gone down to areas of the code where the sun really never shines :) Check out what he had to say!
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February 19th, 2008

Team Interview: Aaron Nonis

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Hey everyone! I am back again with yet another interview with a member of the XNA GS team. Today I bring our very own Aaron Nonis! This dude is actually responsible for me being on this team in the first place! My wife worked with him in his previous team and through him I moved [...]

February 11th, 2008

Team Interview: Eli Tayrien

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Yep! Yet another team interview is done! Today I bring you Eli Tayrien, the dude that drove me NUTS with his choice of music (we shared an office for a while). I guess I drove him nuts with mine too… he’s not into Metal (pfft). Eli is a super fun person to work with and [...]

For today’s team member interview, I am very happy to give you guys Stephen Styrchak! When it comes to Visual Studio, no one on the team knows half as much as Stephen does. I mean, this dude REALLY knows Visual Studio inside out. I asked Stephen if he would agree to being interviewed for my series, he very [...]

January 30th, 2008

Team Interview: Yuichi Ito

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So this is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a while and just got around to getting it done now. XNA Game Studio has been brought to you guys by one of the hardest working and most dedicated teams I have ever had the honor of being a part of. You already know [...]