Pete Isensee is a group program manager on the Microsoft XNA team, the group that produces software development kits for Xbox 360 and Windows game developers. Before joining Microsoft, Pete was a game programmer, working on titles ranging from casual games to massively multiplayer titles. He's been coding in C++ since 1993, focusing on templates, STL, security and optimization technology.

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Chills and Thrills: Undefined Behavior in C++

TR1: C++ on the Move

Sublime C++ for Games (download includes audio and other presentations from the 2006 Gamefest system track)

C++ on Next-Gen Consoles: Effective Code for New Architectures

Effective Use of OpenMP in Games

Common C++ Performance Mistakes in Games

Custom STL Allocators

STL Optimization Techniques

Embracing the C++ Standard Template Library

C++ Optimization Techniques

Best of Game Programming Gems, Multiple chapters.

Game Programming Gems 6. Chapter: Utilizing Multicore Processors with OpenMP.

Game Programming Gems 4. Network section editor. Chapter: Bit Packing: A Network Compression Technique.

Game Programming Gems 3. Chapters: Secure Sockets and Custom STL Allocators.

Game Programming Gems 2. Chapter: Genuine Random Number Generation

Game Programming Gems. Chapter: Fast Math Using C++ Template Metaprogramming

MSDN Magazine. October 2005 Issue. Article: OpenMP and C++: Reap the Benefits of Multithreading Without All the Work. Co-authored with Kang Su Gatlin. Available online

Game Developer Magazine. March 2003 Issue. Article: Developing Online Console Games. Co-authored with Steve Ganem. Available online

The technical sites I visit regularly are Ars Technica and Slashdot.

Check out some of the cool games created by my friends at Popcap.com.

Gamasutra is the premier game developer site, with excellent articles and gaming news. I also frequent Blues News.

I’ve presented at the Game Developers Conference and Gamefest.

Chills and Thrills: Undefined Behavior in C++ (zipped PowerPoint)

C++ Optimization Strategies and Techniques (zipped PowerPoint)

C++ Optimization Strategies and Techniques (zipped Word)

Embracing the C++ Standard Template Library (zipped PowerPoint)

Updated Gems 3 allocator code (zipped C++ files)

GDC 2003 custom allocators (zipped C++ files)

Updated Gems 3 allocator code (zipped C++ files)

STL Allocator test bed (zipped C++ files)

GDC 2003 custom allocators (zipped C++ files)