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more about #academia Atomsk88: I don't know about specifically entering in a game centered program to be honest. I mean, that's definitely a field I would want to be in, but I'm als... more » tokugawa: Why do most people think that game development always has to have to do with programming? It's not the 80s anymore, people! (where programmers also di... more » phisheep: I'm not convinced that this is good news. Good game designers/programmers etc will be designing and programming games, so where do they get all the p... more » kev: I plan on going to college for videogame development next year. I've been told by several teachers and staff around my high school that I'll be wastin... more » DaveKap: The thing not mention is that (last I checked) RIT is the only college that has a Masters program in Game Programming. I may be wrong now, though, as... more » spannu: When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University! more » hismastersvoice: I've watched a few developer studios over that past three years and, quite frankly, barely one in ten of those who graduate from a game design program... more » ithyphallus, bonks morrigan: i hope people who take these programs aren't hoping that right after graduation ubisoft or EA come to their campuses to do hiring fairs. it rarely wor... more » deanbmmv: Wow, thats alot. And alot of students going to work at McDonalds with a degree. The uni I'm at offers 6 Gaming degrees; Games art, Games Animation, Ga... more » ThurstonHizat: The building in the picture looks like the 1911 Building at NCSU (In Raleigh), which does not have a game degree program. more » Wolfgang Wozniak: I'm attending one of these 250:: FullSail. more » Tom Clancy's Samuraidino: This is great,level 3 will never have lose graphics again! more » Bouchart: Game degree? Why not, there aren't any jobs out there anywhere. more » 你好我的名字是通托: Your American and the European are damaged. We love our degree, no matter it is, because we work diligently for it. And I apologize this translator to... more » Str8_Jihadin: This article further reinforces my decision to transfer to UCI next year :) more » AmoretteImp: The GC&T program at UCI is definitely one of its more unique features. There's some interesting stuff to be learned there, and it is *not* WoW, WoW, l... more » Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: Their emblem says "let there be light" on it, but im still in the dark about the purpose of studying games. why do people like to make things into a s... more » resvrgam: It looks like the spoiled children of SoCal now have more entertaining classes to spend their parents' money on. Woot! more » spiderweb1986: Nothing against Boom Blox; I got it from Amazon's Black Friday sale, and loved it. But... "Phase one of this study will seek to identify the qualiti... more » excel_excel: Which reminds me.....gotta get Blom Blox Party Bash! more » -
#academia
ESA Report: More than 250 Colleges Offer Game Degrees
More than 50 game development programs have been added to U.S. colleges' curricula in the past year, bringing to 254 the number of universities offering degrees in video game design, programming and art, according to the Entertainment Software Association. More » -
#academia
UC-Irvine Establishes Games Research Center
The University of California-Irvine, already home to a game culture lab, has established the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds. Twenty faculty members from the university's computer science, humanities, education and other departments will collaborate on its work. More » -
#boomblox
Study Examines Boom Blox for Benefits to Elderly Cognition
The National Science Foundation has given two universities a million dollars to study whether video games can improve thinking skills in the elderly. They're using Boom Blox in the research. More » -
#gamedesign
You (Sorta) Owe Dead Space To Aristotle
Some deep reading over on Gamasutra on game design and narrative (courtesy of Company of Heroes narrative designer Stephen Dinehart) could be my next graduate school adventure. More » -
#design
How a Lightweight Console Lay the Foundations of Game Design
A book by two professors of media studies examines the challenges of designing games on the Atari 2600, and posits that the infamous port of Pac-Man wasn't a half-assed effort after all. More » -
#callforpapers
Games+Learning+Society 5.0 CFP
Another weekend, another call for papers! This time around it's the Games+Learning+Society 5.0 conference, June 10-12 in Madison, WI. More » -
