starcraft 2 becoming course

Starcraft 2 And Portal 2 Become College Course

by maria on Sep 1, 2010

For some of us, the end of summer means one thing: a return to school, an end to lazy days spent gaming away in the comfort of your living room. But this year, for students of Wabash College in Indiana and the University of Florida, this spring semester they’ll not only get to play videogames, they’ll be required to.

The games in question are Portal and Starcraft II, which are not the first two games that come to mind when considering the likelihood of being adopted by academia. After taking a look at the recent gameplay videos from Portal 2, it wouldn’t surprise any of us to see Portal used as a demonstration of experimental physics, but students won’t be studying the game for science.

Michael Abbott, a teacher at Wabash has announced that Portal will be considered a primary text in his spring course called “Enduring Questions”. And don’t think this is a lightweight course for those looking to get out of real work, it’s a course all...Read More >>