RaceOfAce

I think a much more reliable method would be to use the Winetricks script with Wine to install .NET, then play GBH2 on that.

I started off with C#, mainly because I found it much more simple to understand in comparison other languages. So thats my recommendation. Also, the length of a Hello World program is a fairly stupid as an example of a languages effectiveness. C# and Java are only longer because they are always expressing their shit in objects (I guess its just about how comfortable you feel with the syntax). VB is a waste of time and Python is great for learning, but its practical applications aren't very broad. Some people suggest C but I don't think its very good for beginning with. All C programmers have these weird frames of mind about how things should be done (not really a fact, just a personal observation).

Half that stuff is probably in the works anyway.

Interesting, but at the moment there isn't a whole lot to do. You sure love COD, don't you?