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Behind the Guildhall - The Story of the Students
Sam Machkovech writes "Multiple stories about SMU's Guildhall game design school have already shown up on Slashdot, but none like this. My friend and coworker Paul dug into the motivations and stories behind people who dropped their lives to learn the art of game design in an upstart school, and what the story may lack in technical information, it more than makes up for in the students' accounts. Included is a particularly touching story about a student who survived the 2002 Sari Club terrorist attack in Bali. It also touches upon the excessive overtime and dedication that the job requires, which means graduates should be plenty prepared for their future careers."
I for one would buy games from companies that use only free range programmers
This is just another system of control
The following text file was liberated from the president of the university. It's his welcome speech.
welcome.speech.txt
Greetings. The Master Control Program has chosen you to serve your alma mater on the Game Grid. Those of you who continue to profess a belief in the Users will receive the standard substandard training, which will result in your eventual elimination. Those of you who renounce this superstitious and hysterical belief will be eligible to join the coder elite of the Guild. You will each receive an identity disk. Everything you do or learn will be imprinted on this disk. If you lose your disk or fail to obey commands, you will be subject to immediate de-resolution. That will be all.
end of line
I heard it is a big time party school
You just don't understand. They have to go play golf and relax. The pressures of managing the rest of us must be tremendous. Actually it seems like the more time they spend working, the more problems they cause. I for one would prefer they spend more time away from work.
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> We should be trying to remedy this work situation, not prepare people for it.
Why not both?
"Included is a particularly touching story about a student who survived the 2002 Sari Club terrorist attack in Bali."
On the day when the EA employees collectively go postal, this guy will not only get out alive, he'll probably get one of the many newly-vacated corner offices! :)
"The pressures of managing the rest of us must be tremendous."
/.. Don't you know that Thanksgiving vacation doesn't start until tomorrow? GET BACK TO WORK!
You don't know the half of it. You can't imagine how stressful it is to keep you wage slaves, er workers, from wasting time on
Now, where did I leave my putter?