If you needed proof that social gaming is huge business, look no further than today’s blockbuster news. Video gaming giant Electronics Arts (EA for short) just announced that it has acquired the social gaming company Playfish for a deal that could be worth up to $400 million. While there have been rumors of potential acquisition, the deal is now official.

A simple good looking open source Tic-Tac-Toe game developed in Silverlight 3.

So, I'm writing this tutorial for those who might want to take a more 'traditional' introduction to graphics, instead of taking the more common direct3d/opengl approach. As a warning, this is not a tutorial in 'C'. However, if you're familiar with java, php, jscript, or some other language that has a similar syntax, you should be fine. However, you may want to keep a c tutorial handy.