I had started XMA training tutorial, but got hired back at my old temp job (Norton support now instead of outbound sales) so that is sort of put on hold right now.
I was planning on doing simple 2d games like pacmac, alien invaders and more advanced games like Across clone (dirt bike game).... Problem is, all these 2d games can be produced in flash, so its more of a resume thing.
Also wrote some pseudo code for a connect four game last night at work in training class (very slow day). After that im thinking of either checkers or jumping right up into chess game.
Working at a bad call center job is good motivating to pad the resume with extra skills and projects