What's next: a Ph.D. in video gaming?
Video gaming reached official academic status Tuesday when Electronic Arts endowed a chair at the University of Southern California for the study of interactive entertainment.
Bing Gordon, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Electronic Arts (Research), was named the first holder of the Electronic Arts endowed faculty chair at the USC School of Cinema-Television, according to a statement from the company, the biggest video game publisher.
The USC School of Cinema-Television already offers programs in directing, producing, writing, animation and digital arts, interactive media and other areas. The Electronic Arts endowed faculty chair will be a rotating position that will be held for one to two years by industry leaders in the field of interactive entertainment who will join the school's faculty as visiting professors.
