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EA Starts Gamedev Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-can-major-in-gameboy dept.

mrseigen writes "CNN is reporting that EA has opened a game program at USC. It is the first official game development education. Yeah, right."

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  1. Even the submitters don't read the articles anymor by Brian_Ellenberger · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dang, even the submitters don't read the articles anymore. It claimed to be "first-ever endowed chair at a university for the study of electronic gaming and interactive entertainment" not "the first official game development education". I'm an alumni and there have been game development classes going back years.

    Also, before people start sneering, this degree is in the USC School of Cinema-Television, not the Engineering dept. It has about as much to do with the programming side of gaming as a degree in cinema has to do with the details of the electronics in a movie camera. USC does have some cool Computer Graphics classes in the Engineering dept, however.

    Brian

  2. Re:How much homework? by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only engineering students get that much. Literally, no joke! Do not mod as funny.

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  3. Re:chair endowed by himself by SansTinfoilHat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I love it. The guy endows himself as a faculty chair. Forever putting to rest the notion that University curriculum can't be bought.
    Academic integrity @ USC => zero.

    What an outrage! They should get someone qualified like someone who has been in an important creative position in the industry for over a decade...