Video Game School?

It's true. You can now get a degree in video game design. Mike Musgrove of the Washington Post explains:

These days, there are companies that pay big bucks to computer science geniuses who can develop the next big thing -- a Grand Theft Auto sort of game that will generate a big following and big sales. Carnegie Mellon University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, for example, now offer master's degrees in game development. The University of Southern California offers a graduate degree in interactive media and an undergraduate program in game design. Locally, the University of Baltimore is putting together an undergraduate degree in video game development.

The article notes that a degree won't guarantee you a job, but it does help, as big companies like Microsoft and Electronic Arts and their smaller brethren look for new blood to create the next GTA or Halo.