I have a sudden urge to consider UoT for college...
"Admission will be extremely competitive with a class of 20"...oo...is the admission process decided by Smash Bros.?

sounds interesting. on a related topic about studying video game design, its impossible to teach people how to make a video game. If you could teach people how to make video game then horrible video games wouldnt exist. what you can teach is how to transfer the video game from paper over to the game engine, they should focus more the programming and animation aspects instead.

Dang. Wish I was better with math now. What a class to be in.

to bad he's teaching western history.  he would make a great teacher on game development.

so a guy who made a terrible game in epic mickey and another who help come up with microtransactions, are in control to train future students in leadership aspects of development? i like the idea, but not those two...i'm on sony guy, but i would rather have someone from epic games or naughty dog instead of those two...

I wish him the best of luck.

I'd love to attend but when I hear news of Insurmountable debt and struggling developers (which are always imminent) I kinda get deterred to train for the gaming gig.

Warren Spector is the coolest name ever!

Being from Aggieland, I've never had the urge to go to UT until now.

Wonder what sort of requirements they'll have to get in. This really piques my interest.

those who can't do, teach

Didn't read the article, but my take-away from the title is that the guy that publicly raged on the new Wolfenstein is going to teach people how to be in leadership positions. And yes, I'm aware of his contributions to the gaming world, but all I could think about when he had his little outburst was the video of that german kid smashing his keyboard.

Not the "visionary" I would want as a teacher. He blamed consumers for not understanding Epic Micky rather than taking responsibility for a sub par title. He proved his stubbornness with Epic Mickey 2. He also idolizes the guys at Nintendo who have no clue what they are doing. I guess if no one will hire you to make a product you can always preach...ahem..teach about it.

Very cool. Since I already have my B.S in Physics, having a postbaccalaureate certificate sounds nice. I might see if my work can give me some time off for this next fall. I might as well apply.

Frankly, this is what the industry and those academics and scholars who are studying video games could use right now.

Someone who can actually speak to the public, address and understand their concerns with the industry. Free from the echo chamber (it's really pathetic that *academia* could ever legitimately become a place for someone seeking to escape an echo chamber....), his voice might actually be heard, and heeded, by those who are entering the industry and those who can socially or legislatively alter it.

I would love to hear more about the requirements for the program.

lol, I can already see his program's schedule:

First Semester: "Why FPS sucks and are all generic".

Second Semester: "People that play FPS are a bunch of sheep. I hate them all".

Third Semester: "Epic Mickey was actually a brilliant game. People just didn't get it".

Fourth semester: "It is everyone's fault but mine. So it is okay to trash a product before even the beta is out for testing".

Extra credits for taking: "No, I am not a whinny *sshole".

Extra Extra credits for taking: "It is okay for me to lash out like a teenager because I was feeling upset".

i'm only in community college now i feel worthless