puzzle games, board games, rpg, mystery, immersive, games, game engine hacks, performative games, web/flash games, games for change, FPS, MMORPG, twister, hopscotch. . .
MEDIA 399.37 Monday nights!
Spring 2007! Film + Media Studies!
[dr mary flanagan: http://www.maryflanagan.com]
This analytical, advanced undergraduate level seminar explores the game—from surrealist games to computer games, students in the course critically examine gaming through the study of the history of games, the role of narrative and language in games, game structures, interaction paradigms, rule-creation, and theories of play. The instructor welcomes students from other disciplines, such as art, computer science, and English.
Artists, anthropologists, gamers, and academics are seeking to understand the role games play in everyday adult life as games become further integrated into popular culture. This course is intended to familiarize students with important approaches incorporating games and play developed by both the art world and popular culture during the 19 th – 21st , centuries.
We study games, we make games! Each week we read, discuss, and study games to explore possibilities of gaming elements within media arts, artistic practice, and performance. A game is itself a language, and it is this language we seek to understand.
This course explores all kinds of games, from artists' games to common children's games. We'll examine historical and contemporary artist's projects, including dance, installation, computer games, and performance, as well as look at the game as a tool for abstraction, storytelling, and activism. Last year's syllabus online at the prof's web site.
GameBoard for chess, checkers, or ??
