During last night's CES 09 keynote, Microsoft’s president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Robbie Bach, unveiled a new Community game entitled Kodu. The official blurb reads: "Kodu" is a ...

Microsoft has confirmed that its extremely accessible "visual programming language," once known as Boku, is coming to Xbox 360 later this spring under the name "Kodu." The game has drawn numerous ...

Who says making a video game is hard? Pshaw. Even a 9-year-old can do it. Even I can do it … and that’s saying something since I’m quite the dumb-dumb when it comes to the maths. OK. Perhaps the ...

If there's one thing that Indie Games have delivered on in their brief public existence, it is allowing players more accesibility to a myriad of games which push the envelope on creativity, thinking ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While the eyes of the gaming world were looking for the "Next Big Thing" at last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft quietly let slip a ...

If the Imagine Cup is the World Series of software design, the Kodu challenge is like little league. Broken up into two age groups, students can use Microsoft's free Kodu platform to learn programming ...

I'm pleased to announce a new series here at GeekMom called Bit by Bit! As a programmer, I've approached the subject of programming on GeekMom a few times. When I do, I often get feedback from parents ...