Officially, the proper place to get the latest DirectX SDK is http://msdn.com/directx/sdk.  However, since the DirectX Developer Center is my responsibility, and I can't really fix the link until Monday, feel free to snatch up the August 2005 DirectX SDK as an early gift!

Well, the Longhorn codename has been ushered out the door in place of the official name: Windows Vista.  (No, DirectX will not be named "Hasta La" ).

Be sure to visit all the options undfer "Configuration" in the Admin Menu Bar above. There are 16 themes to choose from, and you can also create your own.

 

I'm delighted to announce that the new Windows Game Development forums are now online.  Here's the full link: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=20.  I'm pretty jazzed about this.  We're finally moving from mailing lists and USENET newsgroups to a full-fledged, RSS-enabled forum community.  This is gonna be great!

Well, I'm getting ready to make a major overhaul to the DirectX Developer Center.  As part of that overhaul, I intend to seriously revamp the community site as well.  If you're a DirectX blogger, or you run a DirectX website, let me know!  I want to post links to your sites and feeds!

Hilarious video here.  Don't play it within earshot of small children (cuz they will learn how to ownzer j00!).

For those of you, like me, that ignored the blogosphere during this extended weekend (at least here in the US), you might have missed the announcement that The Zman (aka Andy Dunn) is leaving Microsoft .  He's going to focus more closely on his Managed DirectX programming skills and give more attention to his cool website focused on Managed DirectX, The ZBuffer.  As part of his departure, he's created a new blog, Indie Game Guy.  I certainly wish him the best of luck (and not without a touch of jealousy )