[game_edu] Readings, Libraries & Copyright

[pawlicki at cs.rochester.edu]

Malcolm,

I would be interested in your list.

Assuming that a semester is about 12 weeks or so, do we have
a "standard repertoire" of the top 10 games that all
students should have played and critically examined?

Ted


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despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out
of touch with their instinctive selves.'' - Carl Jung 1977


> Malcolm Ryan wrote:

>> As a lecturer in game design, I want to set a 'reading list' of games

>> for my students to play. In other disciplines the University has

>> standard copyright arrangements which allow them to make sets of

>> readings available to students at little or no cost, but there doesn't

>> seem to be any appropriate arrangement for software.

>>

>> Have you encountered this problem? How have you addressed it?

>>

>> I know that a lot of good cutting-edge independent work is available

>> cheaply or for free online, but I don't want to be forced to exclude

>> AAA titles from examination. Ideally I would like to set up a library

>> of games but I am worried about the copyright and licensing issues.

>> Does anyone know more about this?

>>

>> Malcolm

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