"Higher education's mask of quiet dignity has fallen away, and now we see these viper pits as the for-profit enterprises they really are. Why not reward the players of Virtual U in a fashion similar to their real-world counterparts...with slave girls and mountains of cocaine! Virtual U players will be able to visit each other's campuses and show off their ill-gotten booty. After all, a little personal customization (even in a game with dry subject matter) is great for hooking people into the overall mechanic."

Sounds like a winning plan! Other responses come from developers at Insomniac, Criterion, Microsoft, and Crystal Dynamics.