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25 October 2007 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The University of Southern California, whose film school once trained the likes of George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard and Jon Landau, is now increasingly attracting would-be video game creators, the Los Angeles Times observed today (Thursday). The newspaper noted that, as part of their course work, students in a USC class in interactive media recently designed a game called "flOw," which has become one of the most downloaded games for Sony's PlayStation 3. Moreover, the Times noted, a game-testing system funded by video-game giant Electronic Arts was described by one instructor as a "higher-end setup than what is used in the industry." One student who had come to USC to major in film told the Times that he had now learned more about game history than film history. "Games are much more immersive than movies," he said. Another USC film school alumna added, "It seems like the game industry is developing much faster than the film industry now."

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