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[LakeOf9]

"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" isn't just the fastest-selling Nintendo game of all time. As the basis for a brand-new engineering course at the University of Maryland (UMD), the video game may now be at the forefront of a new movement in higher education.

When UMD Associate Professor Ryan D. Sochol realized how important machine design is to the gameplay of Nintendo's recent release, he devised a course that incorporates the game in place of traditional computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering software.

"As I played through "Tears of the Kingdom," I couldn't believe how much I was relying on my engineering training," said Sochol. "The more experience I had with the game's CAD assembly interface, numerous machine elements, and sophisticated physics, the more I felt it offered unique means to help students hone their skills in machine design."

Just a few months after the game's release, Sochol's "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Machine Design" course launched in Fall 2023 to provide undergraduate students with an uncommon opportunity to gain experience designing, prototyping, and testing new types of vehicles, robots, and machines–all within the virtual world of the game.

Tears of the Kingdom stays winning!

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

Awesome idea, but does that mean he has to provide a switch as lab equipment?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Awesome idea, but does that mean he has to provide a switch as lab equipment?

 

[bender]

Should have dressed as Tingle.

 

[Punished Miku]

Called it.

Social - News - The Game Awards Game of the Year 2023 Nominees

no hogwarts, a game everybody and there mom played, sold like crazy and is constantly in the top 10 everywhere. Fucking joke of a award. If that's the criteria, where's Genchin Impact?

www.neogaf.com

 

[Kilau]

 

[Mister Wolf]

Nintendo just better than everyone else.

 

[Saber]

I think its a cool idea. Some subjects at universtiy can be hard to make the student pay attention because of the boringness. And it's Nintendo, everybody knows about it. It's a full win.

Should have dressed as Tingle.

And entering the room like this

 

[Guilty_AI]

Called it.

Social - News - The Game Awards Game of the Year 2023 Nominees

no hogwarts, a game everybody and there mom played, sold like crazy and is constantly in the top 10 everywhere. Fucking joke of a award. If that's the criteria, where's Genchin Impact?

www.neogaf.com

He isn't using it to teach programing

 

[Nankatsu]

Poor students, having to learn at 720p resolution.

 

[Deerock71]

 

[PSYGN]

Called it.

Social - News - The Game Awards Game of the Year 2023 Nominees

no hogwarts, a game everybody and there mom played, sold like crazy and is constantly in the top 10 everywhere. Fucking joke of a award. If that's the criteria, where's Genchin Impact?

www.neogaf.com

Nice

 

[deriks]

That looks fun as hell

 

[kiphalfton]

Looks like he hasn't yet become jaded enough to fuck with students and make their life more difficult than necessary, just because he can.

Good for him.

 

[Kataploom]

Poor students, having to learn at 720p resolution.

Lol Game is 1080p

BTW, I guess if we all knew actual physics theory and how to apply them in professional software and real life scenarios, we would appreciate it's physical engine even more, the man seems to understand its greatness beyond any of us could lol

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[ChoosableOne]

This is bs.

 

[Guilty_AI]

This is bs.

Universities always have one professor who wants to be the 'cool guy' that relate with the 'fellow youth' and come up with stuff like this.

There are even other games that do the engineering/physics part way better and in much more detail than TotK, but i suppose those aren't 'cool enough'.

 

[Portugeezer]

 

[ChoosableOne]

Universities always have one professor who wants to be the 'cool guy' that relate with the 'fellow youth' and come up with stuff like this.

There are even other games that do the engineering/physics part way better and in much more detail than TotK, but i suppose those aren't 'cool enough'.

Like this one:

 

[acm2000]

This guy should be fired for not doing his job correctly.

 

[Tangerine]

This guy should be fired for not doing his job correctly.

To be honest I think he should be killed for his crime.

 

[Hudo]

To be honest I think he should be killed for his crime.

And his family and students should be send to the Gulag.

 

[GymWolf]

Not sure if i could survive the cringe megaton of seeing him entering the class with zelda equipment...

Cool idea tho.

 

[Disco Dave]

Not sure if i could survive the cringe megaton of seeing him entering the class with zelda equipment...

Cool idea tho.

 

[GigaBowser]

GOTG most genius develorped game of all times bet he stole this idea from my OT

 

[Guilty_AI]

Like this one:

This is for digital systems.

For mechanical engineering like that professor wants to, something like KSP would've been far more adequate

 

[OGM_Madness]

Nintendo sending this man a Cease & Desist in 3, 2, 1…

 

[StereoVsn]

This is for digital systems.

For mechanical engineering like that professor wants to, something like KSP would've been far more adequate

This course would have 60% failure rate!

 

[Guilty_AI]

This course would have 60% failure rate!

Only 60%? That'd be a pretty good course then

 

[StereoVsn]

Only 60%? That'd be a pretty good course then

For 100 level course!? Damn, that's rough.

 

[ThaGuy]

Awesome idea, but does that mean he has to provide a switch as lab equipment?

If you live in the U.S, then you know college costs are really high so I believe a switch can be included if need to be.