@suicidesn0wman: Thank you very much for your in-depth reply! I never realized that Portal's team came from DigiPen, that's quite interesting! I believe that no matter what, I would like to finish my A.A.S. at my current community college. That way, if nothing else, I have some sort of education to fall back on. Since I'm only now heading into my second semester, I may have time to tour some of these schools before graduating. I also recently found out that my community college will be offering a game design course next semester. Obviously this course won't be to the caliber of Full Sail or DigiPen, but perhaps it will make for a nice introduction to the field.

Thanks again!

@WhiteKnight77: Very good advice. I've messed around with every in-game editor I could get my hands on ever since I got Halo 3 forge mode (I was 13 at the time.) I'm also decently comfortable in Blender and Unity as well as C# and Java. Perhaps these can give me a bit of an edge when it comes time for job hunting.

Thanks for the reply!

@metalman0616: Thank you so much for your detailed response. I really appreciate it and certainly helps in my decision making process!

All right, so I am currently enrolled at my local community college seeking an Associate's of Applied Science degree (programming concentration.) For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to develop games and in my mind that meant going to a specialized game design college. However, after looking at the difference in tuition between, for instance, Full Sail University and my local state university I'm wondering if it's truly worth it.

My question is this, will I be better equipped in the industry after attending a more specialized university? After looking over the curriculum at both colleges, I notice a lot of overlap. Would I be better off just seeking a Bachelor's in Computer Science from my state university? My main fear about this path is job placement. I live in Tennessee so game developers aren't exactly in high demand here...

I welcome any advice, but I would specifically like to hear from graduates of these institutions or those who work in the industry.

Thanks in advance!

@Byshop: Thanks for the info! I wasn't aware anyone acquired THQ's assets. Everything's got to be so damned "legal" nowadays. :/

This is something I have been curios about for awhile. What happens to the individual rights to a game when the publisher and developer closes their doors?

To be more specific, I was wondering about "Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy". Eurocom (the company that developed it) has since closed, and so has THQ, which published the game. I have searched the U.S. copyright registry, and have not found any mentions of "Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy" related to either company. Although there are many other games listed.

Who owns this, or any of the other games for that matter? Are they just floating in limbo somewhere?

Thanks in advance,

Jon

SOLVED! It takes far too much trouble but I got it working. Follow this guide: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/macos9/nR2QQCKaCFA/Vh3rCA71s_MJ

Okay, so here's my deal. I recently acquired a bunch of old Mac games. So I decided that I would brush the dust off old PPC G5, and see what I could get myself into. It didn't work quite so easily.... Apparently most of the games were built for OS 9. Which would be fine if classic mode worked....which it doesn't. When I try to open it, it spits out some sort of "System File Not Found" Error. My simple question is, how do I make a built in feature actually work?? Please be gentle as well. I know very little about macs! Thanks in advance!

Hi guys! This is my first post here, so please go easy on me :) Anyway, recently I had come across a large bag of 90's mac games. Inside of which I uncovered the first fallout game in the original jewel case and with the original vault dweller's survival guide. Both of which are in near mint condition. Now let me make this clear first. I'm not necessarily selling these. Rather trying to gauge whether or not it's worth it to. I had found only 1 of these on ebay and it didn't sell. I was curious if maybe anybody had every sold one of these before, or at least can give me a bit more insight on it. Seeing as to how it was made before I was even born... Thanks in advance!