Schedule of Classes
| Date | Agenda | Reading |
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| Mon, Aug 24 |
Introductions Syllabus Overview |
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| Wed, Aug 26 |
Understanding Video Games, Introduction and Chapter 1 Website Introduction |
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| Fri, Aug 28 |
Understanding Video Games, Chapters 2 and 3 On Blogging Quiz! |
12 - 44 |
| Mon, Aug 31 |
Culture, aesthetics and the foundations of canon |
(highlighted sections) |
| Wed, Sep 2 |
The Literary Canon: Contemporary Perspective |
Chapter 1 |
| Fri, Sep 4 |
Videogame (pre)history |
Chapters 1 and 2 |
| Mon, Sep 7 |
Spacewar! Groups assigned for first project. |
Play Spacewar! |
| Wed, Sep 9 |
Game History Pong |
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| Fri, Sep 11 |
Game History Quiz! |
Chapter 2, "The Origin of Species" |
| Mon, Sep 14 |
Game as Text Star Raiders |
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| Wed, Sep 16 |
Game as Text Rough drafts due. |
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| Fri, Sep 18 |
Game as Text Peer reviews due |
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| Mon, Sep 21 |
Archive fever ADVENT |
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| Wed, Sep 23 |
Archive fever |
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| Fri, Sep 25 |
Game Genre |
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| Mon, Sep 28 |
Game Genre |
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| Wed, Sep 30 |
Game Genre Adventure (Atari) |
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| Fri, Oct 2 |
Zork |
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| Mon, Oct 5 |
Videogame Aesthetics Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Chapter 5 |
| Wed, Oct 7 |
Videogame Aesthetics Presentations, section 1: cemorebutts013, JumperHunter, graciesaur; Presentations, section 2: pak066, ChocoBunny, Lasercatz Super Mario Bros. 3 |
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| Fri, Oct 9 |
Presentations, section 1: JR, Ultramarine, Dylongo11, soccerspiker15 Presentations, section 2: whybthr, RocktheJamz, st4rscr3am3r, FlyingPiggy |
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| Mon, Oct 12 |
FALL BREAK! No class today. |
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| Wed, Oct 14 |
Simulation Presentations, section 1: hollerbackgamer, ariesbaby91, coolioman, Space Cowboy, GrapeJuice01 Presentations, section 2: Jerk Butane, HomoLudens, truplaya_mtl, Arkanepriest |
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| Fri, Oct 16 |
Simulation Presentations, section 1: gamer19, Bibarelle, Lennox, Joe Eazy Presentations, section 2: hamadaf21, Omega 2, buzz b, moto |
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| Mon, Oct 19 |
Simulation SimCity Selection Process Discussion |
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| Wed, Oct 21 |
Ideology and gameplay Final decisions for next 10 SimCity |
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| Fri, Oct 23 |
Ideology and gameplay By today, new canon formed Civilization |
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| Mon, Oct 26 |
Player culture |
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| Wed, Oct 28 |
Player culture |
Chapter 7 |
| Fri, Oct 30 |
Player culture |
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| Mon, Nov 2 |
Emerging Genres |
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| Wed, Nov 4 |
DOOM Projects |
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| Fri, Nov 6 |
Serious Games Bring two copies of your paper to class |
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| Mon, Nov 9 |
Serious Games |
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| Wed, Nov 11 |
Games and Narrativity Passage |
Chapter 8 - Narrative |
| Fri, Nov 13 |
Games and Narrative "Gravitation" |
Ch. 8 |
| Mon, Nov 16 |
Ludology |
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| Wed, Nov 18 |
Computer Games and Narrativity "Photopia" "Everybody Dies" |
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| Fri, Nov 20 |
Video Games and the Avant Garde Quiz! |
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| Mon, Nov 23 |
Peer Review Workshop! |
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| Wed, Nov 25 |
THANKSGIVING No class today. |
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| Fri, Nov 27 |
THANKSGIVING No class today. |
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| Mon, Nov 30 |
Alternate Reality Games (click the "more" link for readings) |
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| Wed, Dec 2 |
Alternate Reality Games Course Evaluation |
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| Fri, Dec 4 | ||
| Wed, Dec 9 |
