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In Real Life

Iowa Journalism School Adds Video Games Writing To Curriculum

This fall, the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication will offer a course in writing about video games and reporting on the industry.

March 8, 2012
News

Sometimes It Can Be Hard To Make University Kids Play Video Games

Gaming has a substantial history now, 40 years after Pong first went out into the wide world. Even the Smithsonian is running a detailed exhibit on the art and history of video games, opening later this month.

September 2, 2011
News

EA Sports Seeks Ex-Football Players For Games Development Fellowship

EA Sports, in collaboration with the NCAA, will later this year begin offering paid fellowships to former college football players seeking experience in a games development or sports entertainment career. The players will work in the EA Tiburon studio, where the NCAA Football and Madden series are developed.

May 20, 2011
Xbox

Stay In School, Buy A Windows PC, And Get A Free Xbox 360

Microsoft wants U.S. high school, college, and university students to be productive, but not too productive. That’s why they’re giving away a free 4GB Xbox 360 to students purchasing a Windows 7 PC priced at $US699 or higher.

May 19, 2011
In Real Life

Some College Kids Get To Play Portal For Class Credit

“Enduring Questions” is a mandatory class for freshmen at Wabash College. The syllabus? Gilgamesh, Aristotle, Goffman, Donne…and Portal. That’s because it’s taught by Michael “http://www.brainygamer.com/”>Brainy Gamer” Abbot, profiled in this piece by Patrick Klepek that’s certainly worth reading on Giant Bomb.

May 1, 2011
In Real Life

More Than 250 Colleges Ask For The Crysis 2 Engine

For about a year, Crytek has offered universities a free licence to its CryEngine 3, the guts of this month’s big release, Crysis 2. Since it made the offer more than 250 universities have asked for the code, the studio reports.

March 2, 2011
News

The Best Game Design Schools In North America

Looking to embark on a wondrous career in game design? GamePro Media and The Princeton Review have teamed up for a second year to list the 10 best graduate and undergraduate schools for video game design in North America.

September 11, 2010
In Real Life

Back To School In The Mushroom Kingdom

Mural on the side of a student union building at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, seen by reader Pat K. Two more views of the mural on the jump.

August 27, 2010
News

University Of Florida Adds Starcraft Studies

Starcraft is being used to teach resource management skills in a new course offering at the University of Florida – but it’s only open to students in the honours college, and students have to have some familiarity with the game.

June 4, 2010
In Real Life

A College Prank That Strikes Back

Carleton College’s Goodsell Observatory gets pranked. As seen on The Star Wars Blog via Albotas.

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