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For games, I would recommend C++, C#, or Java. They have good libraries for games already created. C++: SFML and SDL C#: OpenTK and XNA Java: LWJGL and Slick (Which uses LWJGL)

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C# - MonoGame (supports iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux and Windows 8 Metro - more to come).

This seems to be awesome. I used XNA to build a Xbox 360 game for my dissertation. I really enjoyed working with XNA and this will allow me to build something that can run on mobile devices and Win8... awesome!

I guess games are the best choice... I can use all those cool algorithms that I've learned a long time ago (which don't really come as useful in web development) and at the end of the day I have a game which I can publish and who knows.. maybe make some beer money :D

Thank you for this!

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