Gaming guru visits Blackburn College

A GAMING guru was guest of honour at Blackburn College’s vocational and apprenticeships open evening.

Tom Cassell, 18, from Manchester, shot to fame when he started posting gaming commentary on YouTube.

The teen, who now has over 700,000 subscribers to his channel ‘The Syndicate Project’, was also part of the judging panel of the British Academy gaming awards.

The college’s gaming-themed apprenticeships and vocational open evening at its £18.3m Beacon Centre gave prospective students the chance to decide on the next level of their education, and see how they can unlock their talents and turn them into a successful career.

The event also saw the official opening of the college's new 'gaming room' designed specifically to teach gaming and development.

Cassell was on hand to talk to students about how he turned his passion for gaming into a full-time job, and challenged them to a few games.

Comments(4)

karltop says...
11:07am Tue 16 Oct 12

This is a joke, right?

district01 says...
11:59am Tue 16 Oct 12

Can't be a joke!
It's October, right?

Major Tom says...
3:48pm Tue 16 Oct 12

Who will they get to open the toilets? Tony Blair!

ladysal says...
4:34pm Tue 16 Oct 12

And the problem with the College runnig courses in how to manufacture games is?

A badly written confusing article I will grant you.

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