No i dont use it for games, I study product design. We started learning rhino then Pro Engineer, but never liked those two. I taught Maya myself last summer and i really love it.
These are the only animations I did, very basic to be honest.

http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...=newliquid.flv
Well its a Realflow animation but rendered with Maya.

And this one is Mayas cloth simulation. Also just the basics.
http://s59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...rent=cloth.flv

There is still so much to explore :D