Class Notes: Careers (1/31)

Today we met many of the students in the class. The participants ranged from professionals with masters degrees in electrical engineering and education to undergraduates the majority studying computer science, marketing, art & animation and gaming.

Here are the materials for today's class.

Hubs of gaming
West Coast LA - Movie industry; Seattle - Nintendo, Microsoft/Nintendo;
Texas - new gaming school call Guilford for grad degrees
Baltimore/Hunt Valley, MD - 50 gaming companies in this area- government is the largest contractor in serious gaming and the access to technical professions

Government and Serious games
visit americasarmy.com
See a game the government is creating.

Why games are interesting to develop? Cutting edge of technology; example: Using GIS for army games

Serious games: Government did a recent game of smallpox; it did not go very well. Another game was hostage negotiation. See willinteractive.com