Some of my favourite game development environs:
C++/Allegro
C++/OpenGL/FLTK
Flash/Flixel
Flash/PushButton Engine
GameMaker
Java/Android
C#/XNA
Unity
Arduino/PD

Also enjoys: mountain biking, yoga, cooking yummy vegan goodness, dancing

UC Santa Cruz, PhD Computer Science, Expressive Intelligence Studio

Research: serious games, procedural content generation, user evaluation
Undergrad: interactive storytelling, graphics, visualization & animation, software engineering methodology, game design studio, ai, game studies

Helped with design on Mini Spinny Planet for GGJ 2009 at USC: http://globalgamejam.org/games/microcosmic (didn't sign up, but I am credited in game)