You have raised a really interesting topic! I can't add something to what has been said already, but i'll drop my obvious 2 cents about it- just do what you like to, don't look how hard or complicated is that- learn and grow over yourself. if you enjoy the process, all problems will be solved with time.
If you are not digging the game industry I really wouldn't recommend film....A couple guys here at UFG transitioned from some of the local FX houses, I think one worked on Iron Man and said we in this industry have a cake walk in comparison to film FX. both dudes claimed to have been working massive OT non stop for about…
I've never worked in the games industry (even though I hope to at some point) but I've spent the last 3 and a half years working in Arch-Viz... I strongly recommend you don't explore that as a career opportunity. The biggest problem is just how hard the industry has been hit by the recession and I don't foresee it…