" With the increasing commotion about the importance of Artificial Intelligence in games, there is little doubt that it will be a key component of best-sellers in the near future. However, the manner in which this innovative Artificial Intelligence will be incorporated into current game frameworks is not so clear. Indeed, as you may expect, the wide variety of AI solutions available implies many possible approaches, ranging from game logic that learns to intelligent environments, including autonomous intelligent agents... All these techniques are justifiable, and in fact they often accompany each other. This essay looks into one of them: intelligent agents. "

" Pygame is a set of python modules written to help create games in Python. The package is wrapped over SDL and several of the SDL helper libraries. SDL is a cross-platform media library created by Sam Lantinga. SDL is currently used for many commercial and open source game projects. "

" SAN FRANCISCO, CA -December 11, 2001 - CMP Media's Gama Network announced the finalists in the fourth annual Independent Games Festival (IGF). The 10 finalists were selected by a panel of game industry professionals from an internationally and stylistically diverse pool of applicants. These games will now compete for the $15,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize and awards for technical excellence, game design, visual art, and audio. The chosen development teams will exhibit their games at the Game Developers Conference, March 19 - 23, 2002 in San Jose, Calif. "

" There's a new demo up on Delphi3D, illustrating the use of 3D textures to implement lighting with per-pixel attenuation. It's only accelerated on GeForce3 and Radeon, but can be run in software mode on other cards (if you're feeling courageous). "

Quality Leap For E-Paper Developers

A New Spin On Computing

Number Takes Prime Position (Thanks Alex!)

Simulation Explains Mystery Of Tiny Moons

" Now that the OpenGL 2.0 white papers are in review, we'd like to indicate to the ARB who is considering taking advantage of these developments. If your hardware or software company is in favor of the direction and ideas behind OpenGL 2.0, please take a few seconds to indicate your support by adding your name to this survey list. "

" The Fluid Studios Color Picker works a lot like PhotoShop's color picker, but with a few extras that are handy for programmers and web developers. It's a useful stand-alone utility, but it also comes with DLL & LIB files so that it can be integrated into any project in about 2 minutes. And, of course, it's free for all to use. "