Title: Have the authors actually used Java to develop games?
Review: I own every Java game book printed. This one was worthless.What little material that the authors devoted to genuine game development seems to start with the assumption that none of Java's native facilities are sufficient and therefore, in the book, they attempt to re-invent the facilities. As you try and follow the coding pitfalls that the authors get themselves into, the emerging code appears to be based upon a programming model that was lifted from classroom-provided C++ code and techniques.
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