Posts tagged degree

NYU to debut gaming degree program next fall

by Jason Dobson (Dec 11th 2008 10:45AM)

Students at New York University may soon study how to make games instead of simply skip class to play them. A first for any college in New York City, beginning next fall NYU will offer "long-term undergraduate and graduate degrees in the research, design and development of digital games." With ...

Dave Perry honored by Queen's University Belfast

by Jason Dobson (Feb 6th 2008 9:58AM)

Outspoken developer and former Shiny founder Dave Perry has found himself on the receiving end of an honorary degree by the UK's Queen's University Belfast, to be awarded as part of the school's centenary year celebration this July. While the degree would be equally served for recognizing Perry's ...

Get a degree in knowing how to play Big Brain Academy

by JC Fletcher (May 1st 2007 6:00PM)

We haven't read any research on the particular brain-embiggening properties of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, and we're also quite certain that playing it won't result in an actual degree conferral (which is too bad, because we could use some more of those!) Whatever health or brain-bigness ...