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Invader Zim writes "Looks like Levelord, of Ritual fame, and some folks at id, and Ensemble Studios have teamed together with Southern Methodist University to create a new school for people that want to work in the video games industry. It's called the Guildhall. Also a story about it at GameTutorials."

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  1. SMU by Alien54 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Founded in 1911, SMU is a private, comprehensive university located in Dallas, Texas.

    Had me worried for a second. But a school in Texas would probably be an okay place to learn how to code first person shooters.

    I had nightmares about what kind of video games a truly christian university would focus on.

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  2. Re:Good idea by kraksmoka · · Score: 5, Funny
    have a friend who's a game tester for ea (yes, paid to play) and his ultimate goal is to develop games. starting in testing and workin hard is a great place to start, learn about games and bugs and get the foot in the door.

    course testing only pays $8/hr. to start, but right now, they're giving him 80+ hours a week, so i think he's happy with em.

    80 hours of games a week, that would be a light week for an evercrack head, right?

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  3. Fine Print by Dave_B93 · · Score: 5, Funny
    *** Actual courses availible When They're Done

    With Romero on the staff you might see admissions by 2007 ;-)

  4. Re:Southern Methodist??? by Computer! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also mildly off-topic, but if their graduates are any indication, they are a school full of rude, elitist jackasses with terrible taste in music.

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  5. Re:Nintendo? by gpinzone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your friends lied. They went to hamburger university, but were too ashamed to admit it. While stumbling for an answer, they looked around the room and the first thing they saw was your Nintendo sitting in the corner. Like Jan Brady in the "George Glass" fiasco, they blurted out, "Nintendo! Um, yeah...Nintendo college." Yeah right. Boy are you gullible.

  6. Re:Southern Methodist??? by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 5, Funny


    Oh, so it's Southern Methodist...

  7. Re:Don't do it! by dillon_rinker · · Score: 5, Funny

    DUH priests play DnD...haven't you ever heard of clerics?

  8. Re:Thank God! by colmore · · Score: 4, Funny

    Southern Methodist University has a very appealing female/male university, and a *lot* of young actresses (very good theater school.) This sounds like the best possible place to go after most CS degrees.

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