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Wednesday, April 03, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/01/technology/01GAME.html Game-Design Courses Gain Favor CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH ROCHESTER — When Andrew M. Phelps, an instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, explains how to use software to draw people and terrains, it might sound as if he is preparing his students to produce an animated film like "Shrek." In fact, the two dozen students listening intently to Mr. Phelps want to create the next Lara Croft. "With `Shrek,' you're just using a computer program as paint," said Zachary Welch, 23, one of the students. "Games are interactive." They are also a hot growth area. The Rochester Institute, whose department of information technology just started the first master's program in computer game design, estimates that the $20 billion computer game industry will grow to a $100 billion-a-year business within a decade.... (ed. note: Simulations and "games" are becoming more popular in online course formats as well; perhaps there is a convergence on the horizon between eLearning and eEntertainment.
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