[IggleSniggle]

Yep, same same, but different. For me it was music and sound, starting with a blank canvas and mixing in digital signals and controls to build something out. Could have been with a DAW, but programming was just a more flexible and free-form blank-canvas for self expression.

...although I also got a kick out of "remixing" Windows 95. And "remixing" video games (Civ and Colonization were particularly great because they were SO EASY to edit both assets and configuration). So many custom mouse cursors, shutdown screens, start-up sounds, etc etc.

[syockit]

Ha! Both of those are Microprose games! I remember mixing XCOM and Transport Tycoon music. It was really amusing when you failed an XCOM mission and the upbeat song Road Hog played, as if it's mocking your ineptitude (of course, the same music is played when you win a mission too. Oh well).