Hello everyone! After a brief leave (due to the arrival of my first son ) I am back and ready to roll! For today's entry, I wanted to point all of you viewers to a REALLY good Wiki entry that was started by Sun Microsystems' Jeff Kesselman, who is also my partner in crime in turning the video game world onto Java technologies. His Wiki page, deals with the misconceptions and realities of developing games in the Java language.

One of the most tiring parts of my job, an Jeff's as well which is why he started the page, is having to refute the old myths and misconceptions about Java technology when it comes to performance. Many developers who have not touched a modern VM EVER are stuck with the old "animated webpage" concept of Java. Not willing to believe that the language has advanced sufficiently to handle almost ANY game type being developed today, they turn a deaf ear to what Java technology has become: a roubst language that meets C/C++ performance, is cross platform, easier to code and achieves better productivity. Pop on over to Jeff's Wiki page and learn what modern Java technology is all about