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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:48:16 -0700
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On 06/12/2013 10:30 PM, Modulok wrote:
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> If he wants to learn game programming, teach him game programming.  [. . .]

Oh, that reminds me:

	http://inventwithpython.com/

Which has a number of free books; the two of interest for your son being:

	Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python

	Making Games with Python & Pygame

Both are for Python 3.x.

--
~Ethan~