ludology

Ludology is derived from the Latin word Ludus, which means game. That's right, there are becoming an increasing amount of colleges offering courses dedicated to the study of video games, which is about time. Electronic Gaming Monthly lists a few of the courses these two are my favorite:
LUD 101-Introduction to American and Japanese video games.
LUD 204(I think)-Lara Croft: Feminist Icon or Bimbo -- Requires to watch both stinkaroo Lara Croft movies, so this is a harder course than you might think.

And other class involves lab work using an Xbox with the Ninja Gaiden game, it involves looking into the competitive nature of games.

All I can say is, I can't wait for this to become standard for the majority of colleges. Video games include literature, art, and motion picture, so it seems only natural that it should be open to study as art. Play on!