McBaine

Been playing: Consoles: 007 EoN Ico NFS:U PoP PC: UT2K4 W40K:Dawn of War Beta (cool, but still needs some polishing)

I definitely believe it's important. Especially if you're the one that has to dig through someone else's code and figure out what is going on! Any guidance/hint will be helpful! However, bad/inaccurate comments can be even worse than no comments at all since they tend to mislead. But that shouldn't be an argument against commenting. Bottom line, I feel it's more about professionalism and discipline. McBaine

As far as education is concerned, I think learning C/C++ (latter being more in-vogue) is definitely a good start. But I believe learning how to use a language, and programming in general, are just the beginning. They're just tools in the end to allow you to express some other idea (the thing you're really trying to do). So I wouldn't neglect the other subjects like maths, physics, etc... since they are obviously important in games nowadays, and getting more so. IMHO of course! McBaine

Of course!!! I have great fun playing RTS's and I enjoy FPS's but personally, I'd love to make a 3rd-person action game! McBaine

Here are some of my favorite games that I would play anyone at the drop of a hat, in no particular order: - Soul Calibur - Tekken (though T4 wasn't so good) - Warcraft - Starcraft ... and here are some that I've played recently and enjoyed: - UT4 (nothing beats sending a rocket to a colleague - after work of course) - Need for Speed: Underground - LotR - TTT & RotK - Zone of Enders 1 & 2 - Xenosaga - FFX McBaine

My name is based on the classic Simpson's Ahnold-parody McBain. And that's my picture to your left.