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Geek Culture / where to go for uni.

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El Goorf
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Location: Uni: Manchester, Home: Dunstable
Posted: 20th Nov 2006 18:50
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i've been later than the rest of my friends at picking uni for 2 reasons, one being that i want to go abroad where the deadlines are much later than here, and secondly, i'm still not sure where i want to go or what to study.

right now i'm thinking to do political sciences, but a small part of me wants to do something game design or coding related.

while i know where i want to go if i'm to study politcal sciences, i dont know anything about game dev courses. does anyone know some good world-reputed universities that specialise with game dev stuff?

I'm looking for somewhere outside europe (apart from holland and scandinavia) and the united states.
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indi
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Location: Earth, Brisbane, Australia
Posted: 21st Nov 2006 09:39 Edited at: 21st Nov 2006 09:39
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GameDev College, hmm i remember someone who went to a game dev college and failed me miserably with amazing looking media but super dudd useless polycount and control media.
he went to digi pen if i recall.

I found a few linked for USA
http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/game-design-schools.htm

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Fallout
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Posted: 21st Nov 2006 11:07
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Something else to consider man. Only do a programming related course if you really really want to. Part of you wanting to do game dev really won't cut it in a Computer Science/Software Engineering/Game Development course. Not only because they're really hard, but also because unless you're really into your coding, it becomes very dull very fast.


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Phaelax
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Posted: 21st Nov 2006 18:19
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All I'm going to say is, don't go to DeVry. I know several people who went there, including myself, and we all regret it.

There was an article on Slashdot recently about someone asking professionals how usefull a game programming degree is. The majority of responses said they were more likely to hier someone with a degree in computer science or general programming. That, in their experience, "game majors" weren't as well-rounded in the technology.

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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 21st Nov 2006 23:28
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Well if you are into game programming or general computer science WPI in worcester MA now has a game program. Top notch education at that school. Of course if you are a sports person you better like wrestling or rugby because thats about what they got.

http://www.cafepress.com/blackarrowgames
Check out my great stuff here
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