[game_edu] ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program

[Nic Colley]

I agree. A lot of CS programs are using Game Design as a pull in. A lot of instructors think that teaching how to make games is easy but they are wrong. On top of that, most of them do not know how to make a game, let alone play games. 
 
Another bad part about CS programs doing this is that they do not let artist, musicians, or any other part of the creative aspect of it do well in the course due to their non-programming experience.
 
Thanks,
Nic Colley
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From: Jim Parker [mailto:jparker at ucalgary.ca]
Sent: Fri 27-Feb-09 6:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [game_edu] ESA Foundation Computer and Video Game Scholarship Program



Computer Science? Why there? Many more relevant things in the arts.
Frankly, programming is programming, but game design is more about
narrative, art, music and design. Many CS departments are not interested
in games because they have too many non CS things connected. (sadly)

 Push on your drama department ...

Jim

Leo Moreno wrote:

> It gets even more challenging when you try to integrate it into a high

> school level program into Computer Science!

>

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