The Saint gets fired, founds WildTangent and has an unfortunate pop-tart experience… and the DOJ trial begins.

The Saint recounts, firsthand, the events that led to Microsoft’s decline beginning with the Microsoft DOJ trial

Zack Simpson, the first DirectX developer, sends a message to Microsoft from 1997

A brief history of the evolution of web 3D, The Saints role in pioneering it and why everyone else is an idiot, as usual…

An article for your inner-economist on how Microsoft and Sony should structure their online services to compete with Apple and Facebook for game content and audiences

Yes the name XBOX is short for DirectXBOX and the glowing green X used to be a radiation symbol logo for the Microsoft skunkworks project code named “Manhattan” to develop DirectX. An extra leg was added to the radiation symbol to make it PC…

“top secret” email threads and Boot interviews from the days of the OpenGL vs Direct3D debate

Crazy DirectX Memorabelia, direct from The Saints garage

The Saint finds an unopened DirectX time capsule in his garage from 1997

Microsoft’s denial about Apples leadership in video delivery on the PC because of QuickTime’s popularity among porn consumers provides a politically correct opportunity for DirectX to solve the problem.