For those who has some programming background (Java, C# or C++) and wishes to try your hand on some relatively quick and easy 3D games programming, I will highly recommend XNA. Microsoft is pushing out lot of good samples (with source-codes!) from small mini-games to 3D Descent-like shooters.

For those who are starting out, there are video tutorials offered by Microsoft which if you are really keen, you can go through in one day (scroll all the way down till you find the series of tutorials which starts with “Video 1″ to “Video 4″).

A quick guide to installing XNA - first, you must have Windows SP 2. Then you have download XNA 2 and C# Express, a process that could take up to an hour depending on your connection speed. Oh yes, everything for XNA is free and Microsoft is making plans to allow you to put up your games on Xbox Live (if you subscribe to their Creators’ Account). So do try it out if you are looking to make lightweight 3D games or 2D games - XNA has good support for 2D too.

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