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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| "Computer gaming studies"? |
| 11:49:32 am mst / 15 January 2001 found by paul / filed in education / source Wired 26 hits / 1 comment / 0 e-mails |
| Professor Robert Nideffer at UC Irvine wants the school to offer a minor in computer games which would include technical courses in programming, graphics, and cognitive as well as humanities/social science courses on the culture of gaming, gender representation, etc. Although the proposal was rejected, Nideffer plans on resubmitting it next year. |
| That way student can write papers about controversial topics like Lara Croft's breast size and get academic credit. |
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| Important studies by MysteriousStranger 12:33:13 pm mst / 15 January 2001 / # 1 |
| Someone could do his thesis on whether Duke Nukem could defeat Lara Croft in one-on-one combat. |