XNA is a Microsoft software framework that game developers use to create commercial games for the Xbox hardware, and other hardware that supports XNA. XNA 2.0 is an exploding technology, and on the verge of a large consumer breakout.

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John Sedlak is a Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" for his work in the XNA/DirectX community and has created numerous games since first learning Visual Basic 5. Through the development of these games he became to know and love both the .NET and XNA frameworks for empowering programmers to realize their ideas quickly.

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A .NET Snapshot.- A Crash Course in XNA.- Planning Your Game.- The Map Editor.- The Character Editor.- Bringing It to the Game.- Particle Mayhem.- XACT Audio, Rumble, and More.- Scripting, AI, and Depth (and Death).- Menus, a HUD, and Deployment.- Postprocessing Effects.- Networking.