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Get to know johnhattan...  GDNet Reviews Lead
Full Name John Hattan
Nickname johnhattan 
State/Province, Country TX   United States
GD Gathering City Southlake, TX, United States
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Homepage URL http://www.thecodezone.com 
ICQ ID 7917590 
AIM ID TheCodeZone 
Yahoo IM ID shatnerology 
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Job Title GDNet Staff 
Job Description Review editor 
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JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Goes Open Source JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA Goes Open SourcePosted by: John Hattan at October 15, 2009 2:48:37 PMNot the big Ultimate Edition, mind you, but the new (apparently Java only) "Community Edition" of JetBrains’ editor/IDE is now open source. Check... 
Posted October 15, 2009 3:48:37 PM
Atlassian introduces $10 starter licenses Atlassian introduces $10 starter licensesPosted by: John Hattan at October 9, 2009 9:40:54 AMAtlassian has re-released their $10 starter licenses for six of their server-based development and tracking tools. Check ’em out here. 
Posted October 9, 2009 9:40:54 AM
Two more free gamedev books will be given away! Two more free gamedev books will be given away!Posted by: John Hattan at April 7, 2009 11:57:47 AMI (johnhattan) am giving away two more books from our award-winning "GameDev.net Collection" series. Read about what it takes to win one here. 
Posted April 7, 2009 12:57:47 PM
Last day for the first Gamedev book giveaway Last day for the first Gamedev book giveawayPosted by: John Hattan at March 2, 2009 6:40:46 AMJust a quick reminder. I (John) am giving away a free copy of Business and Production: A GameDev.net Collection to a lucky Twitter follower. Details here. 
Posted March 2, 2009 7:40:46 AM
New Gamedev logo available on just about anything! New Gamedev logo available on just about anything!Posted by: johnhattan at February 21, 2008 12:16:38 PMThanks once again to the hardworking elves at Cafepress, gamedev’s stylin’ new logo is available for purchase on all kinds o... 
Posted February 21, 2008 12:16:38 PM
Adobe Flex 3.0 and AIR 1.0 released Adobe Flex 3.0 and AIR 1.0 releasedPosted by: johnhattan at February 25, 2008 11:01:41 AMIn a simultaneous release, Adobe’s announced that their RIA framework based on the Flash runtime (Flex) as well as their cross-platform runtime framew... 
Posted February 25, 2008 11:01:41 AM
N-Sided announces Quidam 2.0 and indie game license N-Sided announces Quidam 2.0 and indie game licensePosted by: John Hattan at January 4, 2008 3:15:08 PMAlong with the new features of Quidam 2.0, N-Sided has also put together an improved way to license Quidam’s library of characters, including... 
Posted January 4, 2008 10:15:08 AM
MSDN Library now a free download MSDN Library now a free downloadPosted by: John Hattan at July 31, 2006 12:54:29 PMMSDN Library, MS’s collection of software documentation, is now a free download. Get the May 2006 Edition here. 
Posted July 31, 2006 1:54:29 PM
Tell NVIDIA about your project, and maybe win a graphics card Tell NVIDIA about your project, and maybe win a graphics cardPosted by: johnhattan at December 3, 2007 9:09:57 PMTake NVIDIA developer survey and win a GeForce 8800 GTX! Help us help you! We need your input on NVIDIA tools, products, and tech... 
Posted December 3, 2007 9:09:57 PM
Gamedev's Summer Reading Giveaway! Following a review I did for Daemon, I was contacted by the publisher's press-person. Since the book is such a good fit for game developers and this is the season for summer-reading, she wants to give away some free copies to gamedev folks! click... 
Posted July 6, 2007 10:48:32 AM
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Unity Technologies Launches Version 2.6 and Makes Unity Freely Available to Indies Wow, that's pretty huge. Wonder if this is gonna affect the iPhone version. I just checked the online store, and it's "under construction", so I guess we'll have to see. 
Posted October 28, 2009 2:33:29 PM
Weekend Reading: Tales from Journal Land Hey, when did I stop being staff? BRING ME THE ORG CHART! 
Posted August 24, 2009 11:31:38 AM
LevelUp 2009 Contest Giveaway Is staff eligible? Probably should've asked a couple of hours ago. Anyone know a good tattoo removal place? 
Posted June 15, 2009 8:17:37 PM
The Daily GameDev.net More importantly, Big Fish Games has NOT acquired The Code Zone. Looks like they're happy with me just making 'em piles of ad revenue. Damn. 
Posted May 1, 2009 4:58:49 PM
Flash Multi-player Game Tutorial - TicTacToe Looks good to me. I like that it's all built around free tools (at least the SWF building). You can build Flash content with free tools, but it's not obvious how. I'd prefer that it talk to a free server (like AMFPHP, Zend, etc) rather than that "... 
Posted April 9, 2009 10:43:32 AM
BioWare Needs Your Help! Hey, you're not allowed to post personal stuff on the gamedev front page! 
Posted April 8, 2009 8:56:01 PM
Good text editor for windows Dreamweaver 
Posted April 4, 2009 8:45:15 PM
Jesse Schell to Enlighten LOGIN Conference Attendees as Keynote Speaker I saw this guy at Austin GDC. He's definitely worth the price of admission. 
Posted March 18, 2009 10:14:17 PM
LOGIN: Interview with Sanrio Digital’s Robert Ferrari I wonder if he has really stubby arms and a gigantic head. 
Posted March 18, 2009 10:12:55 PM
Musicshake Yeah, I'm taking a hard look at track 13 for my Flash remake of Think Tank. Only problem is that I think it makes the game too stressful :) 
Posted March 3, 2009 12:50:52 PM
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