Learn C# By Building A Video Game?

Saw this post on the Rextech blog. Basic was the last language I learned back in 1980 and I've had zilch-o interest in programming beyond some HTML code. However the title caught my eye. Apparently Microsoft is offering a series of eight one-hour webcasts on learning its new C# language via creating your own video game. The course is brought to learners via the company's Live Meeting website. Live Meeting is an interactive space to conduct virtual meetings.

The 411 on Live Meeting as an advanced teaching technology impressed the Rextech blogger, "... the class was a lot more interactive than many classroom sessions I've attended. The instructor had polls scattered throughout his presentation, so that we could all get a sense of where students were. For example, he had a poll asking how many years of programming experience we had, and the resulting graph helped him and us understand how in-depth he could go without losing too many students. For a class this size (150 or so) he got an answer much faster than an in-person lecturer could have obtained by polling students in his classroom..."