Game Designer Examines State of Game Education

In this week's issue of The Escapist, game designer Erin Hoffman takes a look at the growing industry of game design education, starting with that infamous commercial for Westwood College. Here's an excerpt:

A number of questions remain to be answered. Can a college really claim to be teaching game development if their faculty has no game development experience? Where does theory end and practice begin? Is it more important to be a strong communicator and teach solid skills, or to have spent time in the trenches? On one issue the industry is unanimous: There is no replacement for live experience. But experience making games does not immediately correlate to skill in instructing and inspiring students.

Tighten Those Graphics [The Escapist]