A year ago, I would go to Newegg and order without a second thought. These days, I compare Newegg and ZZF and usually find myself ordering from ZZF more often than not. I, too, have been keeping my eye out for the "next Newegg" but no luck so far.
Actually, I haven't even though some friends keep asking me about it and I'm pretty sure the president of the club works in the office right next to mine. I'll have to sign up for the next one, as I see the upcoming one is full with 90 people. That's not too shabby.
My recommendation is to find an in-state college with a good CS department to get a well-rounded education and a strong basis in programming. Once you have your CS degree, if you are wanting to go into game development, I would look into a college such as Digipen. Digipen describes itself as a...