These are highly recommended links that I really liked and i hope you will to

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www.planetquake.com www.planethalflife.com www.planetunreal.com    These are gamespy network sites. The reason I chose these is because the best thing to do when you start getting good at game making on your own is to join a team and make a mod for any of these wonderful games.

www.flipcode.com Pretty cool game development site by future gaming network.