College is a rip off. Especially with all the great math resources online. You can learn what you need for free, and you'll feel really cool for knowing that you taught yourself.........
Or you can pay $40,000 for someone to read it to you and give you a grade.
If you want to make a cool 3D game, a couple things will sneak up on you and confuse you (me). Matrix and Quaternion Math. It's weird at first, but you definitely want to get yourself familiar with those concepts. Also, if you don't know geometry already, or are a little rusty, time to brush up.
euclideanspace.com - A big site that covers lots of topics related to 3d programming. Includes good lessons on Matrices and Quaternions along with a bunch of other interesting stuff.
The Matrix and Quaternions FAQ - One big text dump, so you can even read it from your phone (if you have a modern cell phone).
If you need to brush up on geometry and basic stuff ..... MathIsFun.com . It's designed for kids and because of that, it makes you feel extra stupid for not knowing that stuff if you're 27 (like me)....... that's the price you have to pay for being an adult and not knowing 8th grade math.
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