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Jason Kenyon loves playing video games. But his
parents think he spends too much time with the
games. Jason disagrees.
JASON KENYON: "Well, to say the least, they didn't
like it very much. They said, stop and focus on a
real career."
Jason is one of a growing number of students seeking
jobs in the video gaming and technology industry. He
attends Montgomery College in the state of Maryland.
JASON KENYON: "When I finish with my bachelor's
degree probably two or so years from now, I may be
able to find work pretty easily compared to most
other industries. So I think I'll have a good
future."
Deborah Solomon teaches at the college. Solomon says
the federal government is spending millions of
dollars on gaming technology to help find and train
workers for different agencies.
DEBORAH SOLOMON: "The future of video gaming is very
bright because the game technology is bleeding into
virtually every other industry -- from military to
homeland security to health care, biotechnology,
advertising, even news."
For example, the United States Army developed video
games to help young Americans explore careers in the
Army. David Versaw is chief financial officer of
WILL Interactive, a game development company.
DAVID VERSAW: "It's a great medium to reach people.
People in academics are starting to understand the
power of gaming. The current state of the economy
has slowed things down a little bit here recently.
But we are busier now than we ever have been."
Brian Doyle understands the power of gaming. He
started an educational video game business called
Let Me Think! games.
BRIAN DOYLE: "The millennials and post-millennials
learn differently from previous generations. And we
need to adapt new methods of teaching them. And
video games are one of those methods that have been
shown to be very, very effective."
Jen Tonon found a job with a game development
company after studying at Montgomery College.
JEN TONON: "As a female in this industry, there
aren't a lot of us right now, but it is growing."
Experts say companies making serious games will
still be only a small part of the industry. But they
believe that market share will expand as companies
seek out young people who have grown up playing
video games. I'm Bob Doughty.
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