 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 Sep 2015 11:48 a.m. PST |
The University of Northampton has become one of only four institutions in Europe to offer a master's degree in Serious Games.The University of Northampton has launched a new master's degree in Serious Games, focusing on games used for training or education…
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YogiBearMinis  | 25 Sep 2015 11:51 a.m. PST |
Given how big gaming in its various forms has become as a business, focusing on gaming in graduate school seems reasonable. |
 McLaddie | 25 Sep 2015 12:15 p.m. PST |
There are any number of B.A.s in Simulation and/or game design. M.I.T. has a B.A. and Masters in simulation and game design. One of the basic textbooks published by M.I.T. press is: Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals And no, it covers every facet of game design including wargames, not simply computer game dsign. |
 miniMo | 25 Sep 2015 12:40 p.m. PST |
No Snit Smashing or Snits' Revenge?!?
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| boy wundyr x | 25 Sep 2015 1:49 p.m. PST |
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| Mako11 | 25 Sep 2015 2:59 p.m. PST |
So, are craps, strip-poker, jacks, and beer-pong in, or out? |
| Maddaz111 | 25 Sep 2015 3:38 p.m. PST |
Rules of play, and book of lenses are my go to books on game design.. (I have others.. but these are my favourite..) |
| zoneofcontrol | 25 Sep 2015 5:13 p.m. PST |
"What about Silly Games?" That fall under the domain of the Ministry of Silly Walks. It is headed up by Sir Monty Python |
| McLaddie | 25 Sep 2015 7:40 p.m. PST |
What about Silly Games? Chapter Eight. Chapter Nine is inane and insane games. e.g.
tick-tack-toe, solitaire poker, craps, strip-poker, jacks, and beer-pong in, or out? etc. |
| thehawk | 25 Sep 2015 8:58 p.m. PST |
The boiler sheet on the website seems to be more about programming than games. And the games part seems to left up to a research project (= teach yourself). Reading between the lines, the risk might be that little will be taught about games design and learning. (I've seen these sort of courses before.) However it may be a stepping stone to a job. If you want learn about design theory (mental models, fun, design, task performance), a Human-Computer Interaction Masters on an IT degree is a better path. That could lead into really serious fields like aviation, defence, product development, business intelligence etc. |
| Grelber | 25 Sep 2015 9:43 p.m. PST |
Keep in mind (long term) that a degree like this will justify you going to the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), held in Orlando, FL the first week of December. Not only is it interesting, but Orlando in December is a lot better place to be than many places I've lived (Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming come to mind). Grelber |
| Early morning writer | 25 Sep 2015 10:26 p.m. PST |
Well, I can't speak to the whole game design situation but I can tell you, I remember it getting damn cold in Orlando in January when I went to boot camp at the naval training center there – back when smilodons still roamed. |
| McLaddie | 26 Sep 2015 8:54 a.m. PST |
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), held in Orlando, FL I can recommend the conference, wherever it's held. The cross-fertilization, finding the commonalities between different kinds of simulations and applications is always 'educational.' The cross-over between 'serious' simulation and simulation games and the entertainment industry, principaly the fifty billion dollar computer game market is a real motivation for the degrees. Another is the huge boom in research, training and management simulations. |
