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Title: A great book for beginners
Review: Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus is a terrific book for beginners. It takes a gentle pace, making sure to explain even the most basic concepts of game programming. As another reviewer said, however, there is NO Direct3D in the book and the docs that can be found on the disc can also be found on the web (and they are not that great in my opinion). So, in short, do NOT buy this book to learn 3D game programming.Also, for those who already own one of Andre LaMothe's other books, Windows Game Programming for Dummies, you may want to think twice about buying this book. This book is the Dummies book, but with a few more chapters and a little more discussion of some of the more important areas of game programming. All-in-all, I would recommend Windows Game Programming for Dummies for the person who wants a brief intro to the basics of game programming and this book to those who want a very thorough intro to the fundamentals of game programming.
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