   Input on DigiPen.....
  Is it a good place to learn programming? How''s the facility? What''s it like?RapidArp   "I say there, if you find a human skeleton with a lincoln-log jammed in the temple, I didn''t do it." Stewie, Family Guy| My Journal | My Website Coming Soon! | 
  From what I gather it is a good school for getting a job at Nintendo. ;  I read something that mentioned Nintendo reccommended it to all future game developers.RapidArp   "I say there, if you find a human skeleton with a lincoln-log jammed in the temple, I didn''t do it." Stewie, Family Guy| My Journal | My Website Coming Soon! | ;  It has its own game development section in Nintendo Magazine.   [edited by - Unwritten Axiom on July 31, 2003 10:39:51 PM];  Great school for an entry level assistant programmer job, I guess...I''ve heard alot of mixed things about it. It teaches you the fundamentals of game development... programming, graphics, teamwork, and all, but thats all it teaches. You need supplemental education like English, History, Economics, etc to become a really good developer   and not just a programmer.   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | FreeBSD | gamedev.net | google;  I will paraphrase ANDRE' LAMOTHE (i get in trouble if I quote him), nothing substitutes a 4 year university degree...get a major in computer science with a minor in something artsy. Otherwise if you’re bent on going to a game college go with FULL SAIL: REAL WORLD EDUCATION. DISCLAIMER:  "DIRECTXMEN" does not guarantee that the upper message is free of grammatical as well as spelling errors so read at your own risk. "DIRECTXMEN" will no longer reply to any post considered "flaming" which is judge by "DIRECTXMEN" himself. Also, "DIRECTXMEN" will no longer reply to the following people: "xMcBaiNx", "cowsarenotevil" (or any other cow related name), "twix", "kordova", "neurokaotix", "Oluseyi" (or any moderator for that matter) and any other person that attack him. Further more, if you find my post offensive or not to your liking do not reply.    [edited by - DIRECTXMEN on July 31, 2003 11:38:18 PM];  Expencive and also a crappy place to learn game programming it mainly focuses on Art and Desing ;  I think that Digipen is probobly a great school to get into programming.  Definately better than any other school that specializes in game programming.  Currently I am looking at it and Carnigie Mellon or MIT because the latter two have many of the same classes that Digipen offers.  This way I can always have other options open with a computer science degree.  BTW FullSail is crap and very overpriced. ;  A friend of mine goes to DigiPen, but is in the 2-year art program, not the comp sci program.  He seems to be learning a lot, but wishes now that he''d gone to film school instead.Anyway, from what I hear and can tell, the comp sci department is okay.  For that I''d recommend going to a U or someplace like Carnegie Mellon though.  You''ll get a much more round education and learn a lot more useful things outside of CS, which is more important than it sounds.Not to mention being able to find different work when you find out the game industry job market is crap.   I like pie. ;  BTW Carniegie Mellon has a masters program that deals with gaming/interactive programming and such.  However it is a very difficult school to get into.  You have to be smart like me. 