Links
University of Kent Societies
Adventure Gaming Society – I go looking for scifi, I got Paranoia and Shadowrun. I came looking for something I’ve never tried before, I got Vampire: Requiem. I didn’t come looking for cardboard crack but I got it anyway. I came looking for fun. I wasn’t disappointed.
Kent NetGames Society – Computer gaming society.
Kent Computing Society – Now defunct, but it lives on in spirit. The Kent IRC network still exists and is now run by the Computer Science department.
General Programming
Regular Expressions.info
An excellent resource for regular expressions information.
The Game Programming Wiki
An excellent and growing resource for newbies to the game development scene.
Game Programmer.com
Another game programming resource site with mailing lists and a wiki.
wxWidgets
This is a cross-platform programming toolkit for C++ and Python. I believe there are also other ports that have been created. It’s extremely easy to use, the community is very helpful and it has excellent documentation, including a wiki.
Game Development.net
A game development portal with a wide variety of useful links.
Game Dev.net
Quite possibly the number one resource for anyone who wants to get into game development or related areas (opengl / directx programming, etc).
Miscellaneous
Nostromo Linux Driver
This excellent peice of software allows you configure and run a Belkin (Honey Bee) Nostromo Speedpad N50 / N52 on linux. It doesn’t have all the multiple profile management features of the official Windows client, but it’s definitely better than the alternative.
Loki Installers for Linux Gamers
This site has installers and updates for lots of popular linux games, including UT, UT2004 and many mods.
Kent Linux User Group
The Kent Linux User Group meets twice a month (one social, one “technical”). It’s a great place to get face-to-face Linux support and advice. “Technical” meetings generally include a couple of talks and a trip to a pub.
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
An excellent document for people who need to seek help online, through chat rooms, mailing lists or web forums. Everyone should read this document at least once through.
The Jargon File
An extremely useful (and often amusing) dictionary of jargon detailing meanings and origins. In particular many may be surprised by the origins of foobar (there’s also an RFC on this particular term).
73lab.com
Home of Ayo, an excellent graphical designer who produces some wonderful wallpapers for linux (and others).
Windows Software
System Information for Windows (SIW) – An excellent little program for gathering information from a computer. Includes “lspci”-like information on pci devices.