Prime Mover

Written by Alastair Hadden 
When NC State graduate student Xavier Primus was a kid, his parents decided he was spending too much time playing video games.

“You can either go outside,” his father said, “or you can learn how to make them.”

Primus chose the second option, and his parents packed him off to camp to do just that. It was one of many summer camps Primus attended before college, including an NC State engineering summer program he undertook as a high school freshman. While he has since decided not to become a game developer, his first impressions of NC State stayed with him.

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