From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-13T11:15:10+09:00
Subject: Re: I need serious help!

That's a tall order!!
You might want to start with Chris Pine's 'Learning to Program' then  
move to Peter Cooper's 'Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional'.  
Peter does a pretty cool intro with a text-adventure program, so you  
can get your feet wet with the kinds of things that you'll face  
programming games.