While I'm not anywhere near as qualified as others here to comment, I can second a few things that have been said. Firstly, familiarize yourself with a game engine. Unreal3 Engine or CryEngine would be my recommendations. A more specific recommendation would be to pick up a copy of UT3 (ideally the collectors edition with…
game college courses tend to cover a broad range of topics, trades, and software. that's how it was when i went to college. it's good for the overall body of students, so that they can be exposed to areas in their choice field they otherwise never would have realized their interest or potential in. so it makes sense that's…