luther2001

You left out Strategy which was won by Empire: Total War. Even though Dom Jolly seemed confused as to what strategy games are.

I read this to my daughter quite a lot - it's one of my favourite kids books, although she's more fond of fairies and ballerinas, given the choice. I'd like to see a game (what's it going to include, a 'sailing across the sea through night and day, in and out of weeks, and almost over a year' simulator?) in a pen and ink NPR style, like the books. Would be quite fun to code.

Tim.

I work as a senior graphics programmer at a games developer in the south east of England. As such, I'm earning just a little less then the American average stated above.
It's the biggest wage I've ever earned and back home in Wales, on this salary, my family and I would be able to afford a really nice house and would have very few, if any, financial worries. However, house prices in the south east have sky-rocketed to such an extent that all we can afford in the town where I work is a tiny 1.5 bedroom box-joke of a house -and even that would mortgage us up to the hilt.
We live fairly frugally and I don't drive (preferring to cycle for health, economic and environmental reasons) and still can't afford a decent roof over our heads.
It annoys me that although I work in one of the few industries left in Britain that actually makes something competitive on the global stage, I find even providing the basics for my family difficult.