Video Game Design University

To compliment Erin Hoffman's excellent take on the subject of game design programs at the community college and university level, The Escapist recently contacted Matt Deller, long-time teacher and former a member of the development team behind Neverwinter Nights. Matt is now a high school assistant principal in Southern California's Pomona Unified school district, and the mastermind behind the nation's first high school game design program - and the only one fronted by a former developer.

"It was a crack shot to get in [to developing], as I was basically a 'fanboy,' for lack of a better term," Matt recently told The Escapist, "with zero experience in programming/game development, not to mention I was already ensconced in a seven-year teaching career. One day I was teaching Ecology, the next I was working as a designer on NWN 2 with the guys who had made some of my all-time favorite games.

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Collins College Ranked Number One Computer Training, Network ...

Collins College, a school of design and technology, was ranked by the Phoenix Business Journal as the number one computer training, network technology school in Phoenix, Arizona.

"We are very pleased to be listed as the number one computer training school by the Phoenix Business Journal," said Scott Burrell, department chair of Network Technology at Collins College.