For professors at UC Irvine, studying the science of video games is no longer a virtual reality — it’s a full-fledged major.

This fall, the Orange County university established the Center for Computer Games & Virtual Worlds and is constructing a 4,000-square-foot room called the “Cyber Interaction Observatory” for designing and viewing games, an article in the Los Angeles Times said. This center is a veritable wonderland for gamers whose favorite pastime will now be their homework. There, students will learn details of the narrative and science of gaming.

“They’re so used to playing with computers that they get bored stiff with plain-old textbooks,” said a computer science professor and director of the center. That shouldn’t be a problem with this interactive major.

Let the gaming begin!