<![CDATA[Kotaku: Chris Satchell]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Chris Satchell]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/chris satchell http://kotaku.com/tag/chris satchell <![CDATA[Microsoft Keen On 3D Gaming, Have Performed Experiments]]> If you care to remember, Jim Cameron has said that the game adaptation of his upcoming sci-fi flick - Avatar - is already running in 3D, and running in 3D on a 360. Ubisoft are the guys behind that game, but they're not the only ones looking at the tech. XNA boss Chris Satchell has said Microsoft have also been "experimenting" with stereoscopic gaming, although he's quick to stress that, as it stands, the requirement that gamers wear glasses makes the technology's widespread acceptance a thing of the future, not the present. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022142&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft's Satchell Talks Games For Change]]> "Imagine a world where we have no ability to influence the people that are going to lead and shape thought for tomorrow," said Microsoft's Chris Satchell, general manager of XNA. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5012830&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Zune Demonstrating Tasty Multiplayer That's Getting Cold]]> At GDC, we had the opportunity to demo a Zune running an XNA game. And it looked pretty good. So what has been Microsoft's Zune team been thinking about in the several months since then? XNA commander and chief Chris Satchell fills us in:
One of the things we talked about was the network play, and we've had people doing prototypes internally of multiplayer shoot-'em-ups both in versus and co-op.
He continues: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379491&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Microsoft: Others "Inviting Trouble" By Supporting Mods]]> Microsoft's group manager for the XNA platform, Chris Satchell, wants you to know that user-generated content can lead to bad things. Like cooties.
I think there's a potential risk on any platform where you're allowing...where you're running in what we call native mode, where you're writing straight to the metal, not a sandbox layer like XNA, and then that runs a script engine and you let people do that in that script engine.
He continues, calling a few companies out: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=378932&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Audio: Microsoft Blogger Breakfast]]> Microsoft invited several bloggers to breakfast during the Game Developers Conference to chat about Microsoft, the Xbox 360 and what ever else popped into our little heads. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=163477&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kotaku Chows Down With Peter Moore]]> I'll be attending my first ever Game Developers Conference next week. I'm psyched. My schedule already looks eerily like the no-sleep, no-eat affair from last year's E3. More »
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