Video game degrees need to require Math

BBC News UK has recently published an article — Skills shortage hits games firms, on which I wanted to reflect. The premise is simple — the video game industry is struggling to find the type of talent they desire.

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The games developers say that they are struggling to find in the UK the [...]

Recommended for strong math students only.

It’s the catchphrase that many students hate seeing on the course description for their introductory Computer Science course: “Recommended for strong math students only.” That one single line is the source of many headaches for countless young students expressing an interest in computer science, but not necessary math. There are many questions about the relevance [...]

Video game collaboration is cute

A while ago I wrote about some video game ideas one could use for a school assignment, or a personal project. For a bit more original idea, //engtech has pointed out Lost Garden’s prototyping challenge.

Over and over again, I’ve heard the sad tale that there are talented programmers lacking sexy graphics. I, on the other [...]