Wednesday, February 04, 2009

StarCraft class at UC Berkeley -- what's next? Seriously, what should be the next game-based class?


photo credit:
Pete of Omni Consumer Products Corp.
If you've ever led a squad of stimmed marines, watched a zergling rush eviscerate a base, or cackled as a swarming fleet of carriers obliterated your opponent -- it's time to enroll at UC Berkeley.

They're offering a course in Starcraft. And it's not a joke. Alan Feng (pictured here, pwning n00bz) is the man responsible for it and as soon as the class was announced, Brawndo arranged to be there for day 1. Evidently, it's the stimulant of choice if you want any chance of beating those highly-touted Korean champions.

As an office with a long history of playing StarCraft during our (extended) lunch breaks, we at reddit were thrilled to hear about the developments on the other side of the Bay.

But we wanted to know, what should be the next game to enter the halls of our top Universities?

The redditor with the highest scoring suggestion in this gaming.reddit comment thread as of noon Pacific on Feb. 10 will win a case of Brawndo: IT'S WHAT PLANTS (AND GAMERS) CRAVE.

Oh, and we'll also send a formal letter on your behalf to Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau requesting this class become a part of the UC Berkeley curriculum. We'll also try bribing him with a case of BRAWNDO.
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