How to create a video game?

I got a question on Game Development today. That is an exciting field of Software Engineering and any coder worth his salt out there has attempted to write a game of his/her own. It has been a very long time since I did any development in the Gaming area, so I did some research and found some resources which might be useful.

Windows Gaming. Uses DirectX. Short tutorial.
OpenGL Game Development Resources.
OpenGL Book for 3D Gaming like World of Warcraft. : This book is available on piratebay.org.

To create your own game is perhaps one of the best ways to become good at coding. Once you figure out the intricacies of multi-threaded programming you can code in pretty much any language. Apply the Software Engineering priciples we have learnt so far - which means spend a little extra time on figuring out what you want to build exactly.

Good luck to those who are planning to attempt this. I am always around for more help.

PS: Here is a list of open source games.