You know, being a game developer isn't all it's cracked up to be. Most serious game developers work crazy, ridiculous hours, and are often under very tight deadlines. Not to mention the fact that your publisher/employer might yank the game before testing is completed for release, and then you get to spend the next 3 months trying to patch it up.
I've read lots of horror stories about being a game developer. I used to have aspirations of doing that, too. But the truth is, it's extremely stressful, and a very difficult field to break into.
You're better off just getting an IS degree, and going to work for some corporation doing web development or database programming, or something like that. Much more stable - which is saying a lot for the IT industry.
I'm a senior data warehouse data architect, BTW, with 12 years IT experience.