CMS.998 / CMS.600 Videogame Theory and Analysis, Fall 2006

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Robison, Alice
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Videogame Theory and Analysis
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Abstract
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of commercial videogames as texts, examining their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. Students play and analyze videogames while examining debates surrounding how games function within socially situated contexts. Readings include contemporary game theory (Gee, Squire, Steinkuehler, Jenkins, Klopfer, Zimmerman and Salen, Juul, Bartle, Taylor, Aarseth) and the completion of a contemporary commercial videogame chosen in consultation with the instructor.
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2006-12
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148814
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CMS.998-Fall2006
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CMS.998
CMS.600
IMSCP-MD5-7c5a86e129e8dda63deb048ce5d958d1
Keywords
online game, gaming, computer games, MMOG, simulation, massively multiplayer online game, critical theory, cultural studies, critical analysis, gender, game culture, media, video game
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