Wanna Program Games? Learn Math
Michael Evans at Bungie has written up the second in Bungie's series about breaking into the game industry at Bungie.net. It's titled So You Want To Be A Programmer, and has a lot of helpful information:
Some colleges offer specific course tracks in computer games, sometimes described as interactive entertainment or new media. I am highly skeptical about those. I would recommend going to the best traditional school you can get into and afford.If you want to be a game programmer you should major in computer science. Having a solid math background is quite valuable as well, especially some linear algebra (which might well be required for a graphics course anyway). On the computer science side I would recommend a traditional mix - certainly including algorithms and computer graphics. Even if you are not interested in that kind of programming work, a basic understanding of computer graphics will prove valuable. If you like it, I encourage you to take as much as you can.
That and a single page resume ought to do it.
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