Steffen Iterheim over at learn cocos2d posted a good article discussing the benefits of composition in games, and he linked the “Understanding Components” QuickTalk I did for PushButton Engine:
Which reminded me I had never linked it here on my blog! So if you’re curious about why components are a great fit for games, I encourage you to watch my 5 minute video above, and check out the resources linked in Steffen’s post.
Ben Garney 
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Thanks for picking this up! Someone must be using Google Alert. :)I took the opportunity to follow up on PBE progress, gratz for the v1.0 release!