Penny Arcade ponies up $10,000 scholarship for game education
by Jason Dobson 
{ Mar 18th 2008 at 5:00PM }
According to the guidelines spelled out on the grant's website, a qualified applicant must also be a full-time student at an accredited college or university during the 2008-09 school year, must plan to enter the game industry "in some capacity," and must have a minimum 3.3 GPA. If you believe you have what it takes to stand out among what we expect to be a sea of applications, get to writing -- submissions have to be sent in no later than April 30, 2008, with the lucky student being notified by mail in July.
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danny. @ Mar 18th 2008 5:11PM
yikes, I never had a 3.3 in college.
Cheezeman3000 @ Mar 18th 2008 5:30PM
That's why you still post on Joystiq every day.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:41PM
OH SNAP!
ChooChooCharlie (Brawl: 1504-5357-9285) @ Mar 18th 2008 6:41PM
Well, to be fair, the ability to attain a 3.3+ GPA does depend somewhat on your major.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:15PM
These guys really are like the paragon of what a gamer should be. They have a freaking charity that pulls in hundreds of thousands of dollars for sick children every year, a huge convention devoted to the gamer, not the press or industry bigwigs, and now a freaking scholarship.
Incredible.
Shagittarius @ Mar 18th 2008 5:46PM
And here i thought they were just a pair of opinionated douche bags.
Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 18th 2008 5:53PM
I think you're big enough and opinionated enough a douch bag for two people, shag.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 18th 2008 11:04PM
IMPOSSIBLE!@@11` Jack Thompson told me that gamers were violent morons!
Magetto @ Mar 18th 2008 5:21PM
If I was going to college for game design I would sign up for this. The PA guys are awesome.
Skittens @ Mar 18th 2008 5:46PM
...and then there is ctrl-alt-del...
knight666 @ Mar 18th 2008 6:39PM
I simply want to share this quote of the latest newspost of the man's site:
"Rainbow Six Vegas 2 hits shelves this week, which will probably pull me away from Condemned 2 multiplayer for a little while. I generally really enjoy games like Call of Duty, Ghost Recon, and Rainbow Six. I think it's because I have a great deal of respect for police and armed forces, and I like to think that had I not loved drawing so very much, I might have chosen a career like that. You know, doing something important."
If that didn't make you gag Ctrl-Alt-Del might be the comic for you!
(I read it anyway, because I'm a webcomic junkie and I don't want to feel all left out. ;[)
Tiptup300 @ Mar 18th 2008 5:58PM
Theres also the requirement "Must explain in full detail the art of "tightening up those graphics"
NATO_Duke @ Mar 18th 2008 6:14PM
DeVry says thanks.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 18th 2008 7:18PM
Win your education, that's a good idea.
That said my game purchases are being cut as I start my Masters in September. But I might buy a Master System for the event.
...Jan... @ Mar 18th 2008 7:18PM
- That would pay for 1/7 of my Digipen tuition...next year. I hope they're still doing it then.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 18th 2008 11:06PM
Yea there were a few Americans who fled their land to come to our university. Apparently it costs a right load over there.
Deck @ Mar 18th 2008 8:30PM
Wow that's really cool! Those guys at Penny-Arcade... just rock!
Rockel @ Mar 18th 2008 9:12PM
I have loved penny arcade for years. Seeing all the great stuff they do for others just warms me right up.
It's a good time to be a college student/gamer/game industry hopeful.
Edguy @ Mar 18th 2008 10:28PM
Does "video games journalist" count as working in the industry?
Probably not.