think we’re going to look at fun as a media effect, use the psychology of entertainment book as a basic text and the theory of fun as kind of a quick read intro to the idea
psych of entertainment by Bryant and Vorderer
also Media Entertainment by Zillman & Vorderer
also chapters from media effects books and the [...]
Archive > October 2008
ideas for the fun and games Senior seminar
thoughts for next fall’s intro to games & society
wiki project
report on a news source – each person gets a news source – what kinds of stuff, authors, examples of stories
i’ll put up some samples on board game news (not as much of that so they can’t do it as an assignment, but we’ll have it as references and as a news link)
organize class [...]
An assignment for the freshman classes
Several fo the games we have – like boom blox on the wii – have a tool built in to create levels. We could use those tools to create games/levels that show how they understand different parts of the game design basics we’re coving. I’m think of using htem in the critic al analysis class. [...]