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At Long Last, Geeks Get Respect

By Kristian Lin and Cole Williams

Fort Worth Weekly | February 3, 2010

Ashley Eldred was trying to figure out how to make Hell into a cuter place. The young blonde woman with a confident manner is a student at the Guildhall at SMU - the school Jay Leno was talking about that teaches students how to make video games.

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Tags: video games, Southern Methodist University

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