ryannhouseAug 31, 20211 minA note on the organization/chronology of the courseDonovan’s book moves us through the history of videogames in a pretty linear fashion. However, we shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking...
ryannhouseAug 30, 20211 minWeek 1 - Aug 27th (Play... and Beyond!)Readings: Miguel Sicart - "Play Is" (Perusall) Frans Maya - "A (Very) Short History of Game Studies" (Perusall) Syllabus (Basecamp)...
ryannhouseAug 17, 20211 minWeek 2 - Sept 3 (The Secret* Origin of Videogames) *not so secretRead: Fernandez-Vara (1-54) Donovan (3-47) Ryan House - "Life on the Battlefield: Reframing the Domestic Experience of War in This War...
ryannhouseAug 17, 20211 minWeek 3 Sept 10 (By the Glowing Light of the Arcade)Read: Donovan 49-93 Fernandez-Vara Ch. 4 (86-116) Fernandez-Vara Ch 6 (173-216) (Not all of this will be applicable to the first...