   tricks of the windows...1st or 2nd?
  I''m not sure which to get. I want to get the cheaper 1st edition one, but from what I heard, theres not much difference......what should I get? 
  I''d go with the 2nd edition. They usually have loads of bug fixes and better ways of doing something. When programming, money shouldn''t be an object of thought.   There''s no town drunk here, we all take turns.Velocity Gaming Force;  Like Ekim_Gram said, the second edition has many corrections over the first, and plus there''s an extra chapter! (about text games)   ------------------------------------If the universe is just a simulation in some unbelievably advanced computer, then God is one heck of a programmer! ;  Go for the second. Its an excellant book and well worth the asking price. 