The free on-line blog-driven summer course in game design (Game Design Concepts) has started, this past Monday. I am officially registered, and have purchased the books and read the thus-far-assigned reading. The first lecture cover mostly an introduction and some terms, though it does have a fun mini-exercise (watch for the results of this). If you've ever been interested in game design, I suggest you check it out. It's free, and I believe registrations are still being accepted as of 2009-07-01. Watch this blog space for (probably erratic) updates as to my thoughts on the topic.