Universities in the states have started to offer degrees with majors in Video Game design. Some people seem to think this is ridiculous. What the hell is the problem? No different then going to Film School. Video Games sales rival ticket sales. Most movies suck as do most video games, but personally I'll get more entertainment out of crappy video game then a crappy movie. But there ARE good video games, and some very good ones.
Video games suffer the same prejudice movies get from the 'go read a book' crowd. Stuff it up your ass. Go read a stone slab. Internet trumps newspaper, E-mail trumps mail, MP3 trumps CD, DVD trumps VHS. I see a pattern.
It's just a matter of time.
Here's the Pitch: "Computers! just like movies but we've added our new SPECIAL ingredient... Interaction! Your not 'audience' anymore, your 'user'. Not a victim, not passive, but a participant, influencing outcomes, not waiting to be told what happens, deciding what happens. Try one today!"
Today's Song of the Day is "I Fall In Love Too Easily" by Chet Baker off his 1954 album "My Funny Valentine."
Crazy Fact: In 1988 at the age of 59, Chet Baker died in a fall from a hotel window in Amsterdam after taking heroin and cocaine. maybe the should change the name/lyrics of this song to "I fall out of windows to easily, I hit the ground to fast..." (oh I'm bad...)
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2 comments:
I could not agree more. The application of a Video Game Design Degree is also valuble in other fields. It just pays more in the entertainment industry at the moment.
However, lets not let all the books wither to dust quite yet.
In other news, video games are getting ridiculously expensive to produce and many companies are having trouble producing content for these new-fangled consoles.
That said, an offshoot of this is a market for out-sourcing 3d animation and motion-capture work... keep in touch about that stuff.
Still, studying video-game design, that's weird. Just game-design in general, that would make more sense. Although nintendo is doing some wierd stuff with that new controller... I'd like to see how well that madness works.
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