While factors like location, cost, and curriculum will definitely come into play, you should also consider applying to programs designed specifically for working professionals.
Not a car game (that could be fun but dangerous if people were inspired to play it while driving), but an app that challenged youand your friends to an on-foot race.
Of course, since it's a DVR, you can actually add more clients than tuners and have them play back recorded content while your other boxes use the tuners -- Intel was demoing XBMC on a Sony laptop connecting over DLNA and streaming a recorded program while a PS3 nearby ran a photo slideshow, all while the three cable clients streamed uncompressed HD video from the tuners.