Tim Sneath, one of the Avalon evangelists, has written a great article for MSDN entitled “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Avalon Beta 1 RC.” The article contains a wealth of information on what is new for this release, including sample code and instructions for best utilizing these features through Visual Studio.
Until it propagates through and makes it to an MSDN server near you, you can access it here. Be sure to check out Express apps and video!
At long last, the best roommate ever has a blog and a gallery! So now you can look forward to reading and viewing content all about dancing, the show Friends, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, life at Amazon, and killing radio stars. Enjoy.
I kind of liked it! Yes, the dialogue was cheesy (as to be expected), but I do agree with Matthew, who argues that it was not quite as bad as the dialogue in Episode II.
The special effects were stunning, the fights were entertaining, and I actually found the story compelling — i.e., I found myself feeling some of the emotions that the audience was supposed to feel. This is certainly more than I can say for Episodes I or II. While not a great film, it was quite enjoyable and a fitting end to the series.
The Avalon + Indigo May CTP (aka the “Beta 1 RC”) is now live on microsoft.com and ready for your consumption. You’ll also want to install Visual Studio Beta 2 before you start playing.
Drew Marsh has already started a change log to help those of you who plan to port your projects from the March CTP to this release.
And I will point you to other resources as they materialize…
Some Thursday evening geek humor for the hax0rs and Star Wars nerds out there (is one of those a subset of the other?)