[game_edu] game_edu Digest, Vol 92, Issue 7

[Alex Myers]

Hi Monica, 

I teach a course in Serious Games at Bellevue University. For our texts, I use excerpts from Mary Flanagan's Critical Play (http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11870), Astrid Ensslin's The Language of Gaming (http://www.amazon.com/Language-Gaming-Astrid-Ensslin/dp/0230238599/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331049152&sr=1-1) and How to Do Things with Videogames (http://www.amazon.com/How-Things-Videogames-Electronic-Mediations/dp/081667647X) by Ian Bogost, among others.

Hope this helps.

Alex

http://alexmyers.info

On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:30 PM, "Harrington, Timothy" <tharrington at devry.edu (mailto:tharrington at devry.edu)> wrote:


> Hi Monica,

> 

> If you are developing a course that is focusing on game criticism and critical analysis on the interactive nature of play, consider "Man, Play and Games", by Caillois. You may also consider, "Perceiving Play: The Art and Study of Computer Games", by Mortensen; or, "The Business and Culture of Digital Games", by Kerr.

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> Tim J. Harrington, Ed.D.

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> From: "McGill, Monica" <mmcgill at bumail.bradley.edu (mailto:mmcgill at bumail.bradley.edu)>

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> Hi,

> 

> Could anyone recommend relevant books or reading materials for undergraduate

> students for a game studies course? The course will be offered for the first

> time this fall and is being designed to cover the "Game Criticism" portion

> of the IGDA curriculum framework (Game Studies, Experience-Centered

> Criticism, Consumer-Oriented Criticism, Genre Analysis, Auteur studies,

> Analysis of Game Design).

> 

> I'm also open to any advice from others who have taught this type of course

> before. 

> 

> Thanks in advance!

> 

> Monica

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