Knox,
In the way of programming, the thing that Mit had me doing first was an Invadsers game.. the one in the bar right now.
I suggest you start off with that kinda stuff, and make simple games.. helps
I don't think Mit's done the 3D libs just yet, so we'll have to stick with 2D for the moment anyway.
Anyways, Invaders is a good place to start. To quote Mit from ages ago, It's what they suually do when you join a game company, make sure you can do it
