Table of Contents

Here’s the table of contents for Game of X v.2, minus the formatting, which didn’t copy over on the download.

Contents

About This Book vi

Author’s Preface vii

Part I: The Long Path to Xbox

0. Looking Back ix

1. Microsoft Always Had Games 3

2. Microsoft Culture 11

3. The Developer Relations Group 15

4. Windows Gets Gamed 19

5. Windows: Path to Dominance 29

6. The Other Face of the DRG 43

7. The Disruptor 61

Part II: Talking to the Metal

8. The Importance of Graphics 85

9. The Games Division 95

10. Pitfalls for Christmas 101

11. The Manhattan Project 105

12. 3D Wars 127

13. Start Me Up! 151

14. Judgment Day 165

15. The Millionaire Club 185

16. Japan 191

17. Bunnygate 201

18. Judgment Day II 215

19. Reorgs 231

20. Taking On the Internet 237

21. DirectX Media 249

22. Escalating the Graphics Wars 261

23. The OpenGL Letters—Part 1 263

24. Multimedia Retreat 275

25. The End of Talisman 285

26. The OpenGL Letters—Part 2 297

27. Facing The Man 321

28. Chrome—Plan B 327

29. Culture Changes 335

Epilogues

The Prequel 335

Author’s Postscript 334

Appendix 343