NCSU Department of Communication COM427::Game Studies
Instructor: Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva
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Wed. 08.22
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Course overview.
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-- (5 minutes presentation) Present a game you play (or liked to play). Classify it and try to come up with reasons why this is a compelling game. | ||
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Wed. 08.29 | Games as play | visit from the library
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Salen & Zimmerman, "Defining games" AND "Defining digital games" (pp. 70-91), In ROP. Salen & Zimmerman, "Defining play" (pp. 300-312), In ROP.
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Blog posts -- define groups for research presentations. -- bring laptops |
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Wed. 09.05 | Games as (immersive) spaces | visit from James Cowgill (Destineer Studio)
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Fuller, M. & Jenkins, H., "Nintendo and new world travel writing" (pp. 57-72). Jenkins, H., "Complete freedom of movement" (pp. 330-361). In GDR
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Blog posts
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Wed. 09.12 | Games as social spaces (Chad) | Salen, K. & Zimmerman, E., "Games as social play" (pp. 460-489). In ROP. Hughes, L., "Beyond the rules of the game" (pp. 504-516) in GDR.
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Blog posts
Presentation 1
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Wed. 09.19
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Games as (non)narrative spaces | Salen, K. "Narrative and dynamic systems: finding story in the mechanics of play" (video) | Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E., "Games as narrative play" (pp. 377-419). In ROP Murray, J., "From Game-Story to Cyberdrama" (pp. 1-11).
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Blog posts
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Wed. 09.26 | MUDs History | MUDs webpage | Bartle, R., "Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades" (pp. 754-787). In GDR.
Dibbell, J. “The scarlet balloon (or tinygeography, a long view and an overview)” (pp. 39-69)
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Presentation 2:
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Wed. 10.03 | MMORPGs (Chad)
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Mortensen, T. E., "WoW is the new MUD: Social gaming from text to video" (pp. 397-413) Taylor, T. L., "Gaming lifeworlds" (pp. 21-66) | Blog posts
Presentation 3:
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Wed. 10.10 |
Educational MUDs - River City - Whyville - AcquaMOO
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Squire, K., & Jenkins, H. "Harnessing the power of games in education" (pp. 5-33).
Barab, S., et. al. "Eat your vegetables and do your homework" (pp. 15-21).
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Blog posts
Presentation 4:
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Wed. 10.17 | Mid-term exam |
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Mid-term exam
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Wed. 10.24 | Pervasive Gaming - Majestic - Nokia Game
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eXistenZ (movie) |
Taylor, T. L., & Kolko, B. E. "Boundary spaces" (pp. 497-522) Hey, D. "The Majestic game, interactive media environments, and a new turing test"
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Blog posts
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Wed. 10.31 | Urban Games (Chad) - BUG |
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de Souza e Silva, A., "Hybrid Reality Games" Chang, M., & Goodman, E., "Asphalt Games" The Game (movie)
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Blog posts Presentation 5: (Brad Gibson, Bill Corbin, John Martin):
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Wed. 11.07 | Location-based mobile games
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Botfighters' ad
Alien Revolt's ad
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Vogiazou et. al. "Design for emergence" (pp. 45-58)
Sotomaa, O. "All the world's a botfighters stage" (pp. 35-44). |
Blog posts Presentation 6: (Sara Robertson, Alex Koman, Rosanne Gonzales): |
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Wed. 11.14 | Hybrid reality games (Chad)
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CYSMS (documentations)
URAAY (documentation) |
Licoppe, C., & Inada, Y. "Emergent uses of a multiplayer location-aware mobile game" (pp. 39-61).
de Souza e Silva, A. & Sutko, D. "Play in hybrid spaces".
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Blog posts
Presentation 7: (Ronald Nause, Carol Martell, Billy Reed):
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Wed. 11.21 | Thanksgiving - no classes | |||
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Wed. 11.28 | Educational hybrid reality games / augmented reality games - Frequency 1550 - Environmental Detectives - Mystery @ the Museum - Savannah
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Frequency 1550 (documentation) Savannah (documentation) |
de Souza e Silva & Delacruz, "Hybrid reality games reframed" (pp. 231-251). Facer et. al., "Savannah: Mobile gaming and learning? " (pp. 399-409) |
Blog posts
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Wed. 12.05 | Final class discussion |
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Final class discussion |
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Wed. 12.11 | Final exam |
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- Final exam
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