About

This is the blog of Nick Gravelyn. This is my space where I write tutorials, samples, and challenges as well as any other XNA, .NET, or general game related items I might feel like sharing with the world.

I am a Microsoft MVP in the XNA category for all the work I do in the XNA community like this blog and my strange addiction to the official XNA forums.

Currently I am a systems engineer intern at Avanade Inc in Seattle, Washington, but that will only last until the beginning of July at which point I will begin work as a freelance programmer working with .NET and XNA.

In my free time I maintain a number of personal projects. You can find some of them listed on the Projects page of this blog. I am also working on some not-so-public ideas that may or may not ever become public. For those you’ll simply have to wait and see.

Besides programming I also enjoy playing guitar, singing, learning to cook, and going for walks. I’m a big fan of wind and rain so Seattle is one of my favorite places. Come summer time I plan on doing lots of hiking and camping in the surrounding areas.

I also love music beyond belief. I just got the Zune stuff set up and love the social part. So here’s my little badge for everyone to check out what I’m listening to.