Book reviews

I ordered these two books from amazon. I suppose I should have asked first but has anyone here read them?

Game Development With LUA
Programming In Lua

I got them because I'm using the LUA module in BMax for my scripting engine.

You knew Programming in Lua was available online, right?

http://www.lua.org/pil/

As for 'Game Development with LUA', 'Game Scripting Mastery' would have probably been a better buy, since it covers more than just Lua and how to write your own interpreter.

opps no I didn't know that. Oh well I don't keep a net connection at home so having the book will still be nice. I'll take a look at the other book you mentioned, thanks.

Agreed. Game Scripting Mastery is a great book. In fact the entire Premier Press Game Development series is excellent. I can't speak highly enough of them. They cover pretty much everything related to modern game dev. These books have finally put my tattered and dog-eared copy of 'The Black Art Of 3D Game Programming' to rest. I find the Premier Press books infinitely more helpful and easier to read than a lot of the other dry/boring propellor-head type books.