It looks like a lot of my co-workers have been running into students who are having fun creating games with XNA . Hilary Pike writes about a student from her alma mater (The Ohio State University) who is interested in a lot more than football. In fact he has created an interesting looking game with XNA. His Shape Slasher game doesn't look as violent as the "Slasher" in the name would suggest. Hilary has a link to more information. Walter Stiers who works in Europe, Belgium I believe, has a screen