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Want To Get Schooled By Levelord?

Posted by simoniker on from the we-mean-really-schooled dept.

Kelli Hagen writes to point out a new CNN article about college degrees in video gaming, particularly the new 18-month course offered by The Guildhall at SMU. We've run stories on gaming university courses before, but this course is interesting because it has leading Texan game developers helping with curriculum and teaching, including id's Graeme Devine, Monkeystone's Tom Hall, and, of course, Ritual's highly 'individual' Richard 'Levelord' Gray.

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  1. Worthwhile Degree? by Ochobee · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm wondering how many of the enrolled students will go on to actual work in the game industry. This seems like it is a great big sinkhole to lead people astray from getting degrees that they may actually be able to utilize in the real world.Then again, how many degrees are actually used for careers in that field? Time to go break out that Philosophy degree of mine and give it a good dusting off...

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    1. Re:Worthwhile Degree? by PhoenixOne · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I have a degree in "Real-Time Interactive Simulation" (computer games) and I have a job in the field.

      Thank you DigiPen. :)

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