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Here's a very helpful and informative blog post by Herb Sutter about some of the key new language features of C++11. I really recommend it to current CGT students, as there's a good chance it will start seeing adoption in the field in the next few years (i.e. by the time you graduate and get a job). If you know it in advance then I reckon you'll have better employability potential:

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The first week of my new job has drawn to a close, and I thought I'd share a few thoughts on it. Perhaps this will help folks get a better idea of what to expect from some parts of the computing industry.

I'm working as a software engineer at a small company (<10 day-to-day employees), and it's developing a virtual environment medical training system. It's called Vertual if you want to check it out. It's not games…

Hi everyone,



Some of you will know me from lurking around WoSGamers and the Paisley campus. I'm a CGT graduate, now doing a PhD, and I would like to ask for some volunteers to participate in a research study this week.



Date: Friday 22nd April

Time: 10am (will take approx. 30 mins)

Venue: E116b (Paisley)



It just involves using some virtual world software in the lab, and answering a short survey about your…

Crafty little game that only uses one button. Not 100% original, but surprisingly engaging for something that uses 2 colours and minimal level design:

http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=space-is-key

And I only died 522 times to complete it...

A very random bit of unreleased video game history has apparently surfaced:

http://www.urlesque.com/2011/02/15/great-gatsby-nintendo-nes-game-rom

It's a NES game ostensibly based on the novel "The Great Gatsby". The link includes a playable ROM in Flash format. Worth a look if you liked the old style side-scrolling adventure. Owned a few myself, once upon a…