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Audience Fragmentation

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

(sample post on Keen article)
On the one hand Keen is the classic example of an internet-troll: he makes outrageous claims, framed in hyperbolic logic, and places them in direct view of those most likely to disagree. And although I don’t have personal access to his psyche my guess is he does this far more for [...]

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Tags: Assignments · Intro to EMAC

Undergraduate Final Projects (or about that new Twitter icon)

May 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Students presented their final projects this last week. The assignment was to produce a narrative that took advantage of digital technologies. The rest of the guidelines were pretty broad, and thus the projects I received were fairly wide ranging, from digital games, to blog fiction, to a few that defy categorization. Below is a sampling [...]

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Tags: Assignments · StoryTellingS09 · Student Projects

Tuesday-April 21st

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Nothing you need to do to prep for class on Tuesday, just show up (on time) and bring material you need to work on your final project as there will be time in class.

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Playing Columbine

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments

On Thursday we will be discussing Super Columbine Massacre RPG!. Download and play the game (you will need a PC to do this, or a virtual machine on a Mac). Play the game for at least an hour (but leave yourself a little longer as it could take you 20-30 minutes to get it installed). [...]

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ARGs Part II

April 9th, 2009 · No Comments

For Tuesday take a look at argn.com and the forums for unfiction these are two of the “hubs” for ARG related content.
Also over the weekend some time send me what you have so far on your final project so that I can give you and your group some feedback.
P.S. On Thursday we will be discussing [...]

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ARGs

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Thursday we will begin looking at 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 (now complete): The [...]

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Tuesday-The Troublesome Side of Digital Games

April 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Tuesday we will continue our discussion of digital games and look at two articles which address the question of how simulation differs from other forms of representation and what it means to “play a character.” Read “Playing the Bad Guy” (eReserve) and “Representation, Enaction, and the Ethics of Simulation” (First Person). Come prepared to discuss [...]

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More Stealing Cars

April 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Thursday we will continue with our discussion of Grand Theft Auto. Find an example (either online, or from one of your own personal experience) of players doing something interesting/creative/different with one of the GTA games. Come prepared to talk about this example.

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Grand Theft Auto

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Tuesday we will begin by discussing the Moulthrop piece from First Person (”From Work to Play”). If you have not already read it for last Thursday’s class do so, and come prepared to explain why, according to Moulthrop, there is such a generational conflict/angst about video games.
We will also begin our discussion of Grand Theft [...]

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Thursday-More Games, More Narratives

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Thursday we will continue our discussion of the relationship between storytelling and digital games by adding two additional perspectives to this question. Read “Narrative, Interactivity, Play and Games” by Eric Zimmerman and “From Work to Play” by Stuart Moulthrop. Both are available in First Person. Also you should begin to think about your final project, [...]

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Tags: Assignments · StoryTellingS09