Well, at least it’s interesting (if old news) that EA supports academia in a reasonably big way.
Or perhaps there is a difference between a Ph.D. in video games [theory] and a Ph.D. in video gaming – the latter concerning being great at playing games and theorizing about optimal strategies in Battlefield?
Indeed! Not to be a killjoy, but I actually don’t think the folks at CNN have any clue of what’s going on in the academic world. IMHO I think they can hardly grasp the notion of academic work being done in the realm of games. Hence the dull obviousness of the statement.
I don’t think they are much up on the gaming world either! Dull obviousness is right!
-Adam
They’ll get it eventually.
Whoa…your a ludologist? So you really have a Ph.D. in video games (or however it is worded). Where on earth does one go for such a thing anyways?! Because that is a field I would rapidly persue! Just asking.
I got it at the IT University of Copenhagen:
http://www.itu.dk
Also see the Center for computer games research: http://game.itu.dk