Saturday, September 15, 2012

Updated Reading Schedule


Here's an updated reading schedule for our class.  Note that this schedule is still tentative and will probably change.

November 2: Discuss Shaw “Putting the Gay in Games.”

November 5: Essay #2 Conferences

HW: Essay #2 due at 5 PM on Monday, November 12th.  


November 7: Discuss Squire and DeVane, “The Meaning of Race and Violence in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”


November 14: Discuss the introduction and chapters 1 – 3 in Anthropy’s Rise of the Videogame Zinesters

November 16: Discuss chapters 4 & 5 in Anthropy’s “Rise of the Videogame Zinesters.” 

November 19: Research day, work on Digital Media Project

Holiday Break!!

November 26: Discuss the introduction and chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 in Ian Bogost’s “How to do Things with Videogames,”

November 27: Screening: Reformat the Planet

November 28: Enemy Design and Object Interaction 

November 30: Discuss screening and chapters 10, 11, 13, and 14 in How to do Things with Videogames

December 3: Wrap up discussion of chapters 14, 17, 19, and the conclusion of How to do Things with Videogames

December 5: Media project due!  Demo your games in class!

December 7: Research day; schedule meeting to discuss final paper

December 13: Final papers due

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