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Best Education Path To Learn Video Game Programming? 240

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @03:25AM from the try-the-duke-nukem-technical-institute dept.

Proudrooster writes "Fellow Slashdotters, I have transitioned to teaching and my students have asked me what is the best path to take to work in the video game programming industry. Which would be of more benefit: pursing a Computer Science degree or taking an accelerated program like those at FullSail? I have a CS degree, and suspect that the CS degree would be of more benefit in the long run, but I would like anyone in the industry to share their wisdom and experience with my students trying to follow in your footsteps. If you could recommend some programs in your replies it would be appreciated." A couple other questions that might help those students: what non-academic methods would you recommend to students looking for a career in the games industry? What projects and tools are good starting points for learning the ropes?

Comment Yesterday (Score 1) 510

by fred_sanford on Monday September 20, 2010 @09:26AM (#33634860) Attached to: The best day of the week, generally:

'Cause all of my troubles seemed so far away

Comment NCSU != UNC (Score 2, Informative) 207

by fred_sanford on Monday May 03, 2010 @10:43AM (#32072402) Attached to: Scientist Uses Nanodots To Create 4Tb Storage Chip

BEGIN RANT Seriously, North Carolina State University (NCSU in Raleigh) is not the University of North Carolina (typically in reference to Chapel Hill). One is a school (that I happened to have attended twice) that focuses primarily on Engineering and Agriculture and the other is a liberal arts school down the road. Seriously, fact-check much? http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/CAMSS/bio1.html END RANT

The Neo-Geo Song 70

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday April 13, 2010 @02:05PM from the old-school dept.

At least 50% of my paychecks would be converted into tokens and put into one of many Neo-Geo machines at the arcade when I was in high school. It's good that my favorite old games finally have an anthem.

Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action 319

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 15, 2009 @10:21AM from the get-some-popcorn dept.

eldavojohn writes "Yesterday, GamePolitics ran an interesting story about the Utah Senate President threatening Jack Thompson with the CAN-SPAM Act. You might recall Utah being Jack's last hope and hold-out after being disbarred in Florida and more or less made a mockery everywhere else. Well, from Utah's Senate Site, we get the picture of what Jack is up to now: spamming his last friends on the planet. The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting on Senate President Michael Waddoups' statements: 'I asked you before to remove me from your mailing list. I supported your bill but because of the harassment will not again. If I am not removed, I will turn you over to the AG for legal action.' The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Waddoups confirmed on Tuesday that he would attempt to pursue legal action under the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 against Jack Thompson."

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