Category Archives: rhetoric-gaming

The majority of today will center around my presentation on Gamification, Procedurality, and ARGs (Alternate Reality Games). First, however, I wanted to share some language and resources for making a game. I’m freestyling this, so hopefully you can help me … Continue reading →

Today’s class has two primary objectives. First we will discuss the McGonigal reading. I think McGonigal opens interesting pathways into (re)thinking the value of games. Then we will move into the research project that I introduced in our last class. … Continue reading →

Project 2 Reflection So far this semester, I have asked you to think about video games in terms of two common concerns of the humanities: art/aesthetics and gender/race. In the first project, we explored whether/how games facilitate higher-level aesthetic experience: … Continue reading →

Via request, I have extended the due date on the second project to next week, providing you with one additional weekend to work together. But I will start on our next units this week: both the unit dealing with rhetoric … Continue reading →

In today’s class I want your groups to produce a project proposal. The following should be a google doc that is shared with me. The proposal should include the following elements: Group Names Project Description: medium, a 2-3 sentence summation … Continue reading →

This week I wanted to open our discussion of race and gaming by explicating out a few important binary terms. This is my response to Factual Feminist’s response to Sarkeesian’s video, in which I flush out a bit of what … Continue reading →

Quickie: SuperBetter I’ve gotten a few email questions asking “what should I be doing with SuperBetter?” My quick answer here is: us it. If you go through the introductory process, then you have already selected or articulated a personal problem … Continue reading →

Today’s plan: Play this: Darfur is Dying Watch this: The McDonald’s Game and Persuasive Games Baraka, the Revolutionary Theater, and Games and/as Critique For my final answer to the question “what is art?” I want to discuss art that overtly … Continue reading →