For computer games, the keyboard and mouse are the primary methods of interacting with the computer. The problem is, while Java has great support for these input devices for GUI applications, computer ...

Because many computer games (such as Tetris) are based on puzzles, this installment of Java Fun and Games introduces you to a single puzzle-based computer game implemented as a Swing-based applet.

Farnham, UK--For years, Java programmers who wanted to create cool, adrenaline-fueled games had to give up Java for C, C++, or even assembly language--or program around Java's unacceptable frame rates ...

Simon Phipps, Sun’s chief technology evangelist, likens Java to a baby duck. “When Java technology was born, it looked around, saw a Web browser and thought it was an applet,” he jokes. His point: ...