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Title: Too much of HIS game...
Review: At first when I saw this book I thought it would be great for learning the basics of 2D game programming because it said it was based on his "2D Side Scroller" Ned's Turkey Farm. So I thought there would be helpful lessons on any 2D game and then show how he implemented it in his 2D games. Well, first of all of the lessons are specifically for his game Ned's Turkey Farm, and the game isn't even much of a a 2D side scroller.Also the way the code is written is ... well just plain bad. He doesn't really cover much about the Win32 API and what he does cover is bad. He uses simplified techniques that gets the job done when a reader copies, but doesn't tell how to use it so they can go off and make something different.All in all, buy this book if you want to learn how to make this game, check it out or browse through it if you want to learn a few things. Chances are if you are a newbie you wont learn from this, if you are a bit experienced this book will seem sloppy and too basic.
