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An Interesting Look at the Video Game Industry

Posted by timothy on from the all-thumbs dept.

Bamafan77 writes "USATODAY has an interesting article in their Money section on the video game industry. The centerpiece of the story is an overview of DigiPen, the only accredited video game university, but it also describes aspects of the video game industry in general including the explosive growth of the industry (e.g. Barnes and Nobles would've reported a loss without their Gamestop subsidiary) and how many universities not only fail to prepare students for the game industry, but still don't take it seriously. However, I believe things are slightly better than the days when Trip Hawkins (EA's co-founder founder) Harvard professor told him to stop wasting time with games."

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    If I had moderator points I would troll this so up your eyes would pop out(sorry can't think of anything better to say)

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  4. Re:Heh, TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for your well thought-out rebuttal.

  5. The game industry is... by InferiorFloater · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    getting assaulted by free candy and caffinated drinks when ALL YOU WANTED was to GET A FUCKING DRINK OF WATER AND GET BACK TO WORK!

    I'm surprised game developers live past 40.

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  7. what about ip issues? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Computer games are based on this illogical copyright scheme now. If you think copyright is gonna last, you are a moron.