Now that you knowhow much game makers make, perhaps you’d like to try making your own game. Apparently, Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express is easy enough for10th graders to land a game on the X07 show floor, so this would be a great place for newbs to start. You’re in luck, asEd Dunhill’s bloghas laid out exactly how to get started.

After readingthis, my eyes fell into a blur and I felt a bit dizzy, but that’s why I onlywriteabout games, and it looks like the technically inclined should be able to get things running fine with these step-by-step instructions.

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Dunhill gets would-be game makers set up with theXNA Game Studioinstallation, talks them through XNA going on your Xbox 360 (creators’ club membership required), and even walks them through building their first game.

Now get going! Let’s see your hit game. Be sure to put at least one Destructoid robot in it.

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