Get a real degree, like underwater basket weaving

Since it's relevant, I have the most useless degree out there. Interactive entertainment with a major in games design. I could write for days about how much of a scam that was.

So like, one of those Full Sail online game designer degrees? Do tell.

i can think of a couple more useless degrees than that. at least yours relates to something marketable.

Not online, still rubbish.

http://sae.edu.au/courses/games/bach...s-development/

They've changed the name of the degree since I was there but it's still the same crap. I was at the Melbourne campus. The facilities were so average and by the time I had finished most of the lecturers that actually had decent industry experience had left. The whole curriculum was a joke. There was standard programming, 3D modeling and design theory courses. Nothing you couldn't teach yourself in a few weeks with some reading. Then there was these bull**** filler courses like Introduction to Audio which was basically learning how to cut up an audio file in pro tools.

I'm just stubborn and have to finish things I start. It wasn't for nothing though, it got me started in that industry and made me valuable contacts. Plus there was free software and tickets to events like GCAP. I was a video editor full time, saved a decent amount of cash and wanted to give that industry a shot. I finished a year and a half ago and have done some freelance stuff on a couple of small indie games. I'm working in a team of 4 on our first game while still working my old job part time. I can't even compare the amount of what I've learned while actually working compared to doing that bull**** degree.

I think one of the programmers I work with went to Full Sail.

I think learning on the job (though the degree to which that happens relative to what you learned in school may vary) is pretty standard. I was a CS major and learned TONS of **** about both writing good code and working on large, real-world projects that we barely talked about in school in my first couple years working.

there are like 12 people in my living room watching ****ing league of legends

what a bunch of brainless heathens

Do they have horns and drool a lot like I always imagined? (never having actually met a real life fan of Lol)

yes

lol best game ever

well lets see

none of them have actually finished college (though my friend is close and one of them is halfway to an associates degree in like welding or some ****)

About the most successful and smartest of the group is a night manager at a grocery store

One of them just got fired from Panera Bread, after he got fired from a grocery store shelf-stocking job

3 of them have beards and 2 are wearing a stocking cap indoors on a beautiful 70-degree day

and literally all they do is play and watch LoL. It's depressing to watch them do this to themselves

Thankfully I am moving out in 2 weeks. My roommate is actually a normal guy and is wrapping up his degree and should do okay in life...but he hangs out around this crowd, which makes me a bit nervous.

LOL isn't the reason they're losers, but being around these losers certainly makes me never want to touch LOL ever just by association

You seem upset

legitimate upset tho

Negative. I should have multiquoted.

Excellent sale on PSN right now, over 30 games for $1 each. Highlights include Braid, the Crash Bandicoots, the Spyros, Back to the Future, Sam & Max etc. etc.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/...for-0-99-each/

So starting from scratch today, if you had about $3K to spend - what do you buy for a gaming/entertainment console and what do you get in terms of a smart HDTV?

I'd buy high-end PC. It has by far gaming options available. But if you really want console, I'd go with PS3, it has best exclusive games (of course depends what genres you like, Xbox has some best driving games if that's your thing).

Would you say though that Xbox One is best console for entertainment as opposed to just games?

Depends what you want, I have never liked Xbox games so my POV is biased as games are still the main thing as far as consoles.

(also worth noting xbox is losing vs ps4 in sales which might affect future game developers' decisions)

Just watched the elder scrolls online review by angry joe and the only comment i have about the game is looooooooooooooooooool.

I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.

This is really cool. The Interceptor CEO has been going through old 3D Realms assets after buying them and has released some of them for everyone to see. As the thread goes on he finds and releases more stuff.

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/7366-d...gold-material/

That's pretty cool