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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.

16 comments

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp a-fucking-gain?

  2. Two in a row. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My lucky day. Yep fp again. I am the shit, and I'm not cheating either. I think I'll go outside away from slashdot for a while.

    1. Re:Two in a row. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      But son, you failed...

      I am feeling sad for you. I will pray to Jesus that you got two FP's tomorrow so that you may know what it feels like.

      Please note: failing to get FP in the games section is pretty sad.

    2. Re:Two in a row. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Except that comment number two is by the same person as comment number one, he just hit reply one place instead of another. And yes it is very very very sad.

  3. 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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    Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -Plato
    1. Re:Worthwhile Degree? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      BA in Computer Science, and now I'm a game programmer. Having been doing this for a while now, I think what I missed from college was a class on 3d graphics, better implementations of linear algebra in code (alternate representations of angles and rotations... quaternions, etc.)... and... umm... that's about it.

      Good coding is good coding.

    2. 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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      Spell cheek you've failed me four the last thyme!
    3. Re:Worthwhile Degree? by Smidge204 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Personally speaking, a degree is worthwhile if I get the satisfaction and personal experience I expect for the money I paid. It need not necessarily further my career goals.

      Though granted, furthering one's career is generally the kind of satisfaction and personal experience most people are looking for, at least when it comes to education. :)
      =Smidge=

  4. no way man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i deal with people every day and if there's one thing i've learned -

    never trust a man with long hair. 99.999% (100% in my experience, but to be fair i'll say 99.999% total) of guys with long hair will cheat you, step on you, fuck your girlfriend, and rape your mother if they ever get a chance to.

    1. Re:no way man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What about Jesus and Richard Stallman ?

    2. Re:no way man by Lord+Bitman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Man, Jesus raped his own mother before he was even concieved!

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      -- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
    3. Re:no way man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've never met an exemption to this rule. I have not met either of these two creatures.

      Every single man I've met with long hair has not been worth knowing. At first I thought I was just being prejudiced, but over the last 15 years I've not yet met a single exception to the rule.

      I am now convinced that whatever personality trait makes a man think that wearing long hair is a good idea is related to the personality trait that makes a man desire to screw other people over in the most heinous fashion, at every single opportunity.

      maybe i'm wrong, maybe its all just one big coincidence, but i don't think so.

    4. Re:no way man by rit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      There was a reason they crucified jesus...

      and Stallman is next, if I get my say...

  5. offtopic venting (of sorts) by th3space · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why does this have to be at SMU? WHY?! I loathe that place, and I will continue to do so until my ex-girlfriend finally graduates...or until I grow up...whichever comes first (likely to be the graduation).

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    "How like you to drag your keyboard to a gun fight." - Aaron Bedard (BANE)
  6. Auckland University, NZ by MrBigInThePants · · Score: 1

    AU is deciding to run a masters level paper in game design next year. It will be jointly run by the Graphics and AI groups. Definitely something I will be taking next year myself. Unlike many other "fringe" institutions, the AU CS department is the countries largest and does not offer papers based on "popular choice" to make money, but by genuine research areas.

  7. Don't bother with these "degrees" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If you have what it takes, attending a place like Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center will get you much further.