How to become a games programmer

1. Learn C++. Possible alternatives: C, C#. If you are a fag: Java, Haskell or Python.
2. Learn Calculus
3. Learn Linear Algebra
4. Learn classical physics
5. Learn a 3D API. OpenGL or Direct3D.
6. Learn how to play sound get input etc on your target system.
7. Read about game engines and how to make them.
8. Make Game
9. Profit

Very simple. Good luck.

>L"test"
>(int*)"test"
>
>No longer an array of chars IS IT?

The first one is an array of whatever wchar_t is for that platform.  The second one is an array of chars, casted to an array of int.  In this case, you're casting a 5-char array, of which I can pretty much guarantee that sizeof int is not an even multiple.