Galatasaray Member since May 11th 2006 14229 posts
Tue Sep-19-06 04:18 PM
"Are those Video Game colleges real? da 1's they show on G4,etc"
they be having mad commercials about these video games schools and shit during Xplay,etc anybody know anyone that went to one? did they actually come out and get a job making video games? shit sound like a scam like Phoenix univ. or some shit
6. "Actually Full Sail isn't accredited" In response to Reply # 1
Digipen is way more respected and has some type of accreditation...
Full Sail is a ripoff considering that you can take a monumental L if you don't find a job off-gate
And to be honest, you're better off just getting a computer science degree and getting found there. Mainly because it keeps you marketable for everything else in that field.
HighVoltage Member since Jan 04th 2004 16583 posts
Wed Sep-20-06 03:23 AM
4. "why wouldnt it be real?" In response to Reply # 0
videogames are a multimillion $$ industry. There are a lot of programmers out there (not saying they get paid big bucks, but its certainly a big field).
5. "they make good money..." In response to Reply # 4
it's just that the workload is really heavy. lots of 60/70/80 hour weeks. it's not for everyone. it takes someone really committed to their craft and passionate about gaming.
8. "They're for real, but game design as a field is kinda wack" In response to Reply # 0
The reason big companies can over-work and underpay their employees is because there are so many people in the field right now. Companies have no problems firing people because there are 20 other programmers ready to take their place. I know a few programmers who graduated from my school and went into game design, and they say that it's really sparse right now.
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