MegaCoaster

My son has been spending all his "computer time" lately on a site called PlayCrafter: basically a flash gaming site, but also allows you to create your own games. The result is below:



I'm obviously biased, but he made the "hottest games" list. I'm trying to use this as an encouragement to delve deeper into the programming aspects of game development (wish me luck!).
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Game Programmers

My brother is an accountant in Silicon Valley, and this email from him nearly made me fountain Diet Dr. Pepper:

So I've serviced several of the players in Silicon Valley, from semi-conductors to networking to software. Along the way there have most certainly been some interesting characters, but none as interesting as today when I arrived at a well known gaming software company.

Gaming programmers take the cake, from thug looking kids to your classic unkempt, pale pony-tailed man that you envision casting "intimidating shout" in a battle playing World of Warcraft. I wanted to cry out "Leeeeeeeerrooooooooy Jeeeenkiiiiiiiiiiiiins" just walking into this place.

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