Coming soon – Microsoft candies for all.

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Those of you, few as you are, that still visit this site may have noticed a little bit of an absence this past month or so.  Regrettably in this time I have been… somewhat distressed… I shall be seeing a doctor on Thursday after an informal diagnosis of Anxiety, a form of depression.  That said, [...]

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As previously mentioned I recently spent a good few days in Wollongong, NSW, attending the Microsoft Game Development Camp. As you may have suspected, this was basically a recruitment exercise by Microsoft throwing shiny baubles and free stuff at a crowded room of starving IT students. That said, who doesn’t like free stuff?

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In a week’s time the Microsoft XNA Dev. Camp will be starting in Woollongong, NSW. Being quick on the trigger I managed to snap up some free attendance and free accomodation for myself and my friends, and I needed to fly to Sydney regardless. Obvious attempts at indoctrination aside, this should be an interesting experience [...]

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I mean, in some respects you might say that Microsoft valued us as customers. My friend even commented: “It’s kind of nice in weird way… almost as if they’re saying they like the way our morals and values taste.” To which I could only reply: No, what they’re really saying is:

“I love the way your morals and values feel when I’m inside of them, and you’re going to keep drinking and watch it.”

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