<p>I think the gaming track is perfectly fine, and consider it as something along the lines of “applied computer science.” What you learn will be applicable to all kinds of computing jobs, not just games.</p>
<p>The computer games industry is kind of iffy, so you can’t count on getting a job involving games. Or if you do get one, it may not pay as well as you’d hoped. I’ve worked with programmers who had CS/Games degrees on non-game web and cloud applications, and they did just fine.</p>
<p>You definitely won’t get stuck doing computer games if your first one or two jobs are games applications.</p>