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I earned a BSEE at Florida State, and the BSCE program (and the entire college of Engineering) there is first rate in my opinion. I had a friend there, CE grad who is now working on a PS2 game for Creative Assembly in London. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am new to this forum. I found it by surfing the net for info on gaming design schools. My son is 12, and very into video games! He is interested in possibly pursueing this field after high school. He is very good in math (curently in advanced math),Science, and also very talented in art as well. I think this field would be a good fit for him. My question to you all is what are good schools for gaming design from the art side? What is the differance between programming and designing? Should he be working on game design on his own at his age? I have seen some" game design for teens" books on the Amazon website. Would these be helpful? Also if money were no object, what schools would you all recommend? We live in Michigan, but he could go anywhere. Thanks !