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Ruby isn't known for its game development chops despite having a handful of interesting libraries suited to it.

Java, on the other hand, has a thriving and popular game development scene flooded with powerful libraries, tutorials and forums. Can we drag some of Java's thunder kicking and screaming over to the world of Ruby?

Yep!

rbenv is a new lightweight Ruby version management tool built by Sam Stephenson (of 37signals and Prototype.js fame).

Coderpath is a weekly podcast by Ruby developers Miles Forrest and Curtis McHale where they typically interview a different Ruby developer and discuss some of their current work. Most of the episodes are in an interview format and guests so far include a handful of Ruby developers you'll know (such as DHH and Ryan Bates).

Looking for a Ruby or Rails job in this economy? They're still there! They seem to be getting posted daily on jobs.rubynow.com but we've got 5 of our own that have come in via the Ruby Inside jobs board.

RubyPulse is a screencast site that publishes regular videos about different Ruby libraries.

It's a month old so far and German Ruby developer Alex Peuchert has put out 9 episodes already.

Today Phusion has announced the release of Ruby Enterprise Edition (REE) 1.8.7 (more specifically, 1.8.7-20090928).

Ruby Version Manager GitHub repo (a.k.a.

Over on the official Ruby news site, Urabe Shyouhei has announced the release of minor updates to both Ruby 1.8.6 and 1.8.7, namely 1.8.6p368 and 1.8.7p160:

Updates to already-released Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.8.6 have been released.