Life At Full Sail - The Gamer School

WICKED writes "Full Sail: The School for Gamers? Are you the type of person that dreams about getting into the gaming industry, but doesn't know where to start from? Join myself and our guest writer Brett, as we take a closer look at Full Sail's Computer Animation and Game Design programs, and bring you the highs and lows throughout our 14 months." Game programming and design education have been in the news a lot more lately, and it's interesting to see a hands-on perspective of what these programs have to offer.

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What about 3dbuzz.com

[krisguy]

Ever since TechTV mentioned them, the server has crashed. These guys offered movies on game design for free.

Cool place

[Shawn Baumgartner]

I took the tour one Sunday since they were offering free lunch and I was bored. Pretty tight setup. The VR lab was cool and they had some very sweet computer labs. Some dude who used to work for id gave the intro to the computer animation program, which made me realize was a dork I was for recognizing his name. At least it wasn't until halfway through his spiel and I soon forgot it, so I don't feel too bad. But they had all sorts of machines there, including a room full of SGI workstations for the animation classes.

The video and audio editing hardware they have... holy shit. They have got some serious hardware on that end. If you've ever considered video or audio editing, you really need to drag your ass down here to Orlando and play with those toys. The mobile stage setup was fairly sweet; a few semis that unload a big outdoor tented stage setup.

All in all, it looked like you really got your money's worth, which is good because it does cost a pretty penny, hence my attending a public university instead. But if your parents don't know what the fuck to do with all of that money sitting around, have them send you down here. Just don't forget the AC, because the weather sucks.

my old roomate went there..

[butane_bob2003]

he was pretty useless. They taught him how to use all the nice gear, but thats about it. Well, he had no talent, it sounds like 99% of the people there with him were the same way. Smoking weed everyday, learning f*k all, having nothing to show for it when its all over. Game programming is just not something you go to school for. I got an entry level job at a big game company, worked my way up fast by showing the ability to learn quickly. 2 years later I was a senior programmer at another company. No degrees, no certificates, no fancy overpriced schooling. Chances are after going to a school that focuses on game design, you will be sick of games by the time you are finished.