StoryTelling for New Media

For Tuesday we will continue to discuss narratives in video games. Read Eric Zimmerman, “Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and Games” and Stuart Moulthrop, “From Work to Play” (Both in First Person) and bring the book to class.
Reminder: The second part of your project will be due on Thursday.

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On Thursday we will start thinking about Video Games as a form of narrative New Media. For this class you should read Henry Jenkins’s, “Game Design as Narrative Architecture” and Marrku Eskelinen’s, “Towards Computer Game Studies.” (Both of these are in First Person.) Make sure you read the responses at the bottom of the page, [...]

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Tuesday we will continue to explore Alternative Reality Gaming. For class read “The Puppet Master Problem” by Jane McGonigal. (This article is a critical piece, so save some extra time to read it) Jane is one of the designers behind the now famous I Love Bees. Finally check out her latest project/ARG: The Lost Ring.

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First a brief reminder: Thursday you need to hand in one page describing what you will be doing for your final project.
For class begin by reading the wikipedia article on Alternative Reality Games and this Quick Start Guide. Next you should sign up for an account and take a look around Adam’s current game, Conspiracy [...]

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Welcome back from Spring Break. On Tuesday we will be looking at “Choose Your Own Adventure” narratives. For a bit of context read the Wikipedia entry on Forget The Rules then watch the three most recent episodes of the show (28-30 these are short and should not take you much time). Also take a look [...]

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Yes there is an assignment the last day before Spring Break, but don’t worry it is enjoyable. You should watch Four Eyed Monsters. You can try and watch the whole 71 minute movie through YouTube, if that doesn’t work you can go to the foureyedmonsters’s store and purchase a digital download of the film. [...]

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Tuesday we will be talking about A Million Penguins a collaboratively authored novel. You should begin by reading the About page to give you a sense of the project, and then read Section 1 (you only need to read Section 1 for class—the entire thing would require to much time). When you have finished reading [...]

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