Not bragging, just a fact. Game development is quickly becoming an important career strategy for tech-minded students. Further, when you consider the purist perspective of programmers needing to know conditional programming, looping structures, sorts, and arrays, the reality is that if you can write a game, then you truly understand the software.
Our fledgling game development program at Mt Hood Community College was featured in The Seattle Times. Check it out:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008617055_paidtoplay12.html
