Anyone in the gaming industry has probabably heard stories about people going to work at Blizzard and then leaving to form their own studios. One of the co-founders is a guy i knew at the first place i worked who left to go work at Blizzard :)
*sigh* If only it were in Washington instead of SoCal. It would be a lot of work, but it sounds like the perfect opportunity to get in on a new company at the ground floor :(