Now you're reading with Portals!

[taviow]

This year, for the first time, a video game will appear on the syllabus of a course required for all students at Wabash College, where I teach. For me - and for a traditional liberal arts college founded in 1832 - this is a big deal.

Alongside Gilgamesh, Aristotle's Politics, John Donne's poetry, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the Tao Te Ching, freshmen at Wabash will also encounter a video game called Portal. If you're curious to know how it happened, read on.

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[Adabiviak]

...taken from Slashdot?

 

[taviow]

uh, no?

 

[Lucid]

Neat.
A+ Thread title too.

 

[Druckles]

Jealous. Perhaps video games might become a medium people start taking seriously.

 

[Gargantou]

Tao Te Ching.. John Donne's poetry..

I've not read any of those listed there, but I have played Portal, so I guess I should take some comfort in that, because it means I am not completely uncultured.

 

[Bob_Marley]

I wish we'd had this when I was doing my philosophy modules... Portal is so much more fun than Aristotle.

As Druckles says - hopefully this is another small step toward greater recognition for games.