Dead-end
I've run into a nasty Catch-22. The reason I went on the whole "art" thing was because people shunned me for playing with computers. And now... well, trying not to play with computers sapped away most of my creative energy.
Now that I have it back, I can do stuff, like programming a complex and potentially fun game engine. But I'm back to the people shunning me thing. So I can either be a deadbeat, or do something I enjoy and actually make a mark somewhere in the vaults of time.
I think I need to go to MIT. The people there are more in touch with my line of thinking.