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Comment No, I'm Not getting too old for this, but... (Score 1) 437

by Donoho (#54570093) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Books You Wish You Had Read Earlier?

The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modeling

I don't have the energy/drive to plow through tech books, absorbing their sweet, sweet knowledge I did 20 years ago.

I'll still get there, but with significantly more breaks and annoyance at not being done already.

Submission + - What are some books you wish you had read earlier?

Submitted by joshtops
joshtops writes: Hey, community. Could you folks please list some books that you wish you had read earlier — especially because these books presumbably had an impact on your life. The books could be from any genre or year.
Classic Games (Games)

Nostalgic Elation — the Super Mario Crossover 67

Posted by Soulskill from the it'sa-me-megaman dept.
eldavojohn writes "Sure, they're stepping all over proprietary rights and copyright, but something must be said about the amount of bliss-filled nostalgia inside Exploding Rabbit's Super Mario Crossover. If the plumbers never really did it for you, you can now kill those goombas as Link, Mega Man, Samus, Simon Belmont, or Contra's Bill. Goodbye jumping and spitting; hello slicing, whipping, and shooting. Is this one of the early firsts in the new genre of video game mashups?"
Education

Students Flock To GMU For a Degree In Video Game Design 225

Posted by timothy from the drink-up-my-uncle's-buying dept.
Hugh Pickens writes "The Washington Post reports that officials at George Mason University are quickly finding out that they have vastly underestimated interest in the school's new bachelor's degree in video game design. 'We've been overwhelmed,' says Scott M. Martin, assistant dean for technology, research, and advancement at GMU. 'Our anticipated enrollment for the fall is 500 percent higher than we expected.' George Mason first offered the program last fall, when officials anticipated that it would enroll about 30 full-time students, but currently 200 students are enrolled and that number is increasing. Course titles under the program include 'History of Computer Game Design,' while other courses focus on computer programming, digital arts, and graphics and motion capture. Although many colleges offer courses and degrees in computer gaming in the United States, GMU offers the only four-year program in the DC area, an important market for gaming because serious games — those used to train military and special operations, doctors, and others who use simulators — are becoming a market force in the region because of the proximity to federal government centers."

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