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Get to know Gaiiden...  GDNet Content Lead
Full Name Drew Sikora
Nickname Gaiiden 
State/Province, Country NJ   United States
GD Gathering City Lincroft, NJ, United States
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Homepage URL http://www.blade-edge.com 
ICQ ID 70449988 
AIM ID DarkPylat 
Yahoo IM ID sofbys 
Current Occupation
Job Title Executive Producer 
Job Description Pretty much everything related to content and community 
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Member Since 8/30/2000 7:15:40 PM
GDNet+ Journal http://members.gamedev.net/gaiiden/journal/
ContributionsContact Us if a contribution of yours isn't listed
A Look At Game Institute
IndieGamesCon 2007
Programming with Asynchronous Sockets
The Art of Code Documentation
Using PDL for Code Design and Documentation
You Got Game! Series
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Some recent topics started on our forums
Weekend Reading: Tales from Journal Land Weekend Reading: Tales from Journal LandPosted by: Drew Sikora at November 20, 2009 8:53:21 PMEntries from 11/13 - 11/19 Journal Land Pick of the Week Warp Pipe to Professional Game Development - zyrolasting has a mini-article about how to prop... 
Posted November 20, 2009 8:53:21 PM
Publishers, service providers and developers believe in a bright but different Future Publishers, service providers and developers believe in a bright but different FuturePosted by: Drew Sikora at November 10, 2009 5:57:34 AMGame Connection provides you with the preview of its reference report for the 2010-2011 project time line in th... 
Posted November 10, 2009 5:57:34 AM
Web-Based Gaming Platform InstantAction Moves to Portland and Announces Plans to Hire Web-Based Gaming Platform InstantAction Moves to Portland and Announces Plans to HirePosted by: Drew Sikora at November 10, 2009 3:15:18 PMInstantAction, a leading online gaming platform that brings AAA-quality games to the web and social networ... 
Posted November 10, 2009 3:15:18 PM
Poll Results [11.10.09 - 11.19.09] This poll was brought to you by phresnel: Q: I switched ...from Windows to Linux-----249---|||||||||||||||||||||||||--------------20.8% from Windows to Mac-------103---||||||||-------------------------------8.63% from Windows to other-----3-----... 
Posted November 20, 2009 1:55:58 AM
Shader X2 Books Available in PDF Free from GDNet Shader X2 Books Available in PDF Free from GDNetPosted by: Drew Sikora at July 9, 2008 3:33:27 PMWith many thanks to editor (and long time GDNet member) Wolfgang Engel and his assistant Eric Haines, GDNet is proud to host full and complete PDF versio... 
Posted July 9, 2008 3:33:27 PM
Weekend Reading: Tales from Journal Land Weekend Reading: Tales from Journal LandPosted by: Drew Sikora at November 13, 2009 8:59:06 PMEntries from 11/6 - 11/12 Journal Land Pick of the Week nerd_boy’s Journal - Everyone wave good bye to nerd_boy, at least for the time being as... 
Posted November 13, 2009 8:59:06 PM
checking if I'm missing something in this hardware diagnosis My grandfather's Dell PC recently lost the ability to use both of its optical drives - apparently at the same time. He says he didn't notice any kind of power surge or install anything prior to them going out. I checked them in the Hardware control p... 
Posted October 11, 2009 8:16:33 PM
The Daily GameDev.net The Daily GameDev.netPosted by: Drew Sikora at November 12, 2009 3:58:45 AMDo not be alarmed at the appearance of this On Time GDNet Daily. It comes in peace. Always. Also do not be alarmed that all the links in this daily point to a tr.im addres... 
Posted November 12, 2009 3:58:45 AM
Alpha SDK Release for the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program Alpha SDK Release for the Intel® Atom™ Developer ProgramPosted by: Drew Sikora at November 10, 2009 1:06:56 PMAt the Intel Developer Forum, Intel announced a new opportunity for developers to earn money by writing netbook applications via the Intel®... 
Posted November 10, 2009 1:06:56 PM
Poll Results [11.3.09 - 11.9.09] This poll was brought to you by KuramaYoko10: Q: What is your favorite platform for playing games?Nintendo--------------53----|||||||||||----------------------------6.92% Playstation-----------92----||||||||||||||||||---------------------12% Seg... 
Posted November 10, 2009 8:53:18 AM
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Some recent replies made on our forums
Can I just say... Quote:Original post by JDS0 I'll say this: you guys are the most friendly and least obnoxious forum I've ever lurked. The most vitriol I've seen here is mild API or language wars stuff, which is to be expected. Hail to one of the least jerk-... 
Posted November 20, 2009 1:58:40 AM
checking if I'm missing something in this hardware diagnosis So I finally resolved this issue - I've only been back to my grandparents house twice since I last posted since I've been so busy. Luckily gramps is never in dire need of his CD-ROM/DVD drives. Anyways I pulled the drives out of his case (yes... 
Posted November 12, 2009 7:55:21 PM
Walls and Shadows in 2D Quote:Original post by OrangyTang Also, you've got three repeated paragraphs just after fig 6. Grrrrr... Okay, fixed that, also fixed the printable version that had the footnotes just stuck in the middle of the article (now they're just above... 
Posted November 12, 2009 3:19:50 PM
The Daily GameDev.net Thanks for the other torrent references guys, I knew I had heard of it before but couldn't remember any instances myself. 
Posted November 12, 2009 3:03:18 PM
The Daily GameDev.net what really sucks about the whole banning issue is that these people can sell their modded Xboxes on eBay (for example) and people who buy them will not be allowed online, because the warranty is non-transferable. D'oh!! Spread the word and... 
Posted November 11, 2009 8:52:30 PM
My 7 rules of making your first team-based indie game. I think the only two positions that really need dedicated people are designer and programmer. Art and sound are much easier to contract out in general. Programming is too but you need that one person who grasps the entire code base. Likewis... 
Posted November 11, 2009 8:44:15 PM
Can I just say... Quote:Original post by GameCreator Quote:Original post by Gaiiden I feel all warm and fuzzy [grin] I feel all warm and fuzzy inside too, like I just ate a kitten. [pig][pig][pig] Oh my god! You killed mittens?? You bastard!! 
Posted November 11, 2009 8:27:46 PM
GameDev Community Quote:Original post by owl Quote:Original post by Gaiiden Quote:Original post by owl The articles section is getting outdated. You mean this?. It should really point here. The other isn't dynamically updated. It's a stupid fix that we should ha... 
Posted November 10, 2009 9:20:16 AM
Can I just say... I feel all warm and fuzzy [grin] 
Posted November 10, 2009 9:13:39 AM
The Daily GameDev.net I played Bayonetta at GameX two weeks ago and had a lot of fun. PS3 version is getting bashed tho so I dunno... 
Posted November 6, 2009 9:24:22 PM
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