Video Gaming (EL 250)
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01/02/06
Text: History of Video Games
Due
: J-Web: Orientation and Reflection
Discussion: Gamer Culture in Movies
Text: Red vs. Blue (ep. 1)
Text: My Trip to Liberty City
Text: Strong Bad on Videogames
Discussion: Initial Reactions
01/03/06
Due
: Ex 1a: Game Review (Draft) 10pts
Text: A Rape in Cyberspace
Text: New Games Journalism
Text: Storytelling in Videogames
Text: Interactive Fiction
Text: Interactive
Due
: J-Web: Studying Video Games
Due
: Ex 1-b: Game Review (Peer Review) 10pts
Discussion: Class Discussion
Discussion: Rights and Freedoms in Virtual Worlds
Discussion: Effort: Work and Fun with ''Adventure''
01/04/06
Text: Koster,
A Theory of Fun
(Foreword to Chapter 4)
Due
: J-Web: A Theory of Fun 1
Text: New Games Journalism II
Due
: Ex 1c: Game Review (Final) 20pts
Discussion: Replayability in Movies
Discussion: Koster; New Games Journalism
01/05/06
Text: Koster,
A Theory of Fun
(Chapter 5 to Chapter 8)
Due
: Ex 2a: Beyond the Review (Draft) 10pts
Due
: J-Web: A Theory of Fun 2
Discussion: Koster
Due
: Portfolio 1 (Draft) 20pts
Discussion: Simulation in Movies
Discussion: Video Games as Art? Roger Ebert says ''No''
01/06/06
Text: Koster,
A Theory of Fun
(Finish)
Due
: J-Web: A Theory of Fun 3
Due
: Ex 2b: Beyond the Review (Peer Review) 10pts
Text: Aarseth's Game Studies editorial
Text: Hayward, 'Videogame Aesthetics'
Text: Wong, ''Life after the Video Game Crash''
Due
: J-Web: Misc Readings
Due
: Portfolio 1 (Final) 80pts
Discussion: Koster, Aarseth, Hayward & Wong
What is Fun?
01/09/06
Due
: Ex 2c: Beyond the Revision (Final) 20pts
Text: Laurel,
Utopian Entrepreneur
Due
: J-Web: Laurel
Due
: Ex 3: Close Playing 1 (40pts)
Discussion: Laurel; Close Playing; Etc.
01/10/06
Text: Juul,
Half Real
(Intro, Ch 1, Ch 2)
Due
: Workbook Juul 1
Due
: Ex 4: Proposal for Term Paper (40pts)
Discussion: Analyzing Game Studies
01/11/06
Text: Juul,
Half Real
(Ch 3)
Due
: Ex 5a: Close Playing 2 (10pts)
Discussion: Topics TBA.
01/12/06
Text: Juul,
Half Real
(Ch 4)
Due
: Ex 5b: Close Playing 2 (Peer Review) 10pts
Due
: Portfolio 2 (Draft) 0pts
Discussion: Topics TBA.
01/13/06
Text: Juul,
Half Real
(Ch 5 & Ch 6)
Due
: Workbook Juul 2
Due
: Ex 6: Article Analysis (40pts)
Due
: Portfolio 2 (Final) (100pts)
Discussion: Topics TBA.
01/17/06
Due
: Ex 5c: Close Playing 2 (Expansion) 20pts
Due
: Ex 7: Thesis & Works Cited
Discussion: Discussion About Online Presentations (40pts)
Text: Evan Reynolds on IF
Text: Leslie Rodriquez: Who Wears the Pants in Lara Croft's House?
01/18/06
Due
: Telephone Conference w/ Instructor (40pts)
Text: Read and respond to assigned peer presentations.
Discussion: Online Presentations, cont.
01/19/06
Due
: Term Paper (Draft; 6-8pg) 50pts
Text: Read and respond to assigned peer presentations.
01/20/06
Due
: Ex 8: Peer Reviews (40pts)
Due
: Portfolio 3 (Final) (20pts)
Due
: Term Paper (Final) 10pg minimum
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