Over the next few weeks, I’ll be featuring a bunch of Flash games that have been in my backlog for a long time now. As some of you might know already, I am a great admirer of the new wave of almost-professional free games. They are a great way to experiment with new media and show of your skills. Many of the games go well beyond simple hobby project, and I truly hope the creators can earn a living with them.
More …The last hour, I’ve been busy trying to get my site’s markup valid. The frontpage now validates, but there’s till work to be done to the other pages. So after reading Dennis Forbes’ post, I noticed I’ve been running for the past year or so with invalid markup and nobody ever pointed that out. One might rightfully wonder: does it actually matter?
More …It’s a great thing what fans can do. Take for instance OverClocked ReMix, a community site where every one can upload their remixed game soundtrack. At first, the site will look a bit unstructured, but everything has its place. If you’re a first time visitor, I would suggest you head straight to the torrents section and start listening.
More …Over the last year or two, developing 3D applications in Flash has become increasingly feasible, for almost any ActionScript developers. A number of open source 3D engines, like Sandy 3D, have popped up. Combined with the incredible FlashDevelop, any one can get started, right away. However, because FlashDevelop does not have the authoring tools of Adobe’s Flash tools, you need to know a few differences that you won’t find in many tutorials, but I will explain them in this post.
More …Any online business, small or large, niche or broad, depends on its servers. If the site is not online, no visitors will come, no sales will be made, no content nor ads displayed. Even worse, downtime could give the impression that your site is gone and thus, users might be tempted to remove your site from their bookmarks or newsreaders. Without question, monitoring your servers health is vital.
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