Major ideas for a gamer

[lastchance]

I play poker mostly for the intellectual challenge and what it's taught me about luck and variance. Other people seem to enjoy pure luckfests. I really don't, I like winning or losing because of skill and strategy. I like playing games in general (chess, highlife/Big 2, hearts, KOTOR, settlers of cataan etc), but what's more, I like thinking about them. I like theorizing about how to win and reflecting on the game after it's over. I love trying to find how best to strategize a win, and how to squeeze +EV out of every decision. I play these games pretty cutthroat, to win and to play the best I can.

I'd love to think about a game as a job for the rest of my life. I'd love to hear some ideas and hopefully find a major that will allow me to do this for the rest of my life.