> It is a tall order but my son (12) has asked me several times to teach hi=
m
> how to write games.  This seems like it would be so much easier on a
> commodore 64 (I enjoyed moving sprites around the screen with a joystick)
> but as that is long gone I thought i would ask the list what would be a
> good way to start.
>

Why not to start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamSpark ?
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