Can a person with little computer knowledge go to college for video game design and do okay

VG Design I'm pretty certain you would do fine. Obviously,you would need to take a basic computer literacy course, but that would just to get to know the PC basics. Video game design is more of an <B>artistic</B> field, so an interest in drawing, especially electronic drawing is essential. Remember that video game designers design the worlds that video game characters walk or fight in. Video game programmers program (or command) the characters what to do within the worlds.