Readings

Looking at a Few Sample Games, Start to Talk About What Games to Play for Class

Taylor, T. L. "Gaming Lifeworlds: Social Play in Persistent Environments."

Yee, Nick. "The Psychology of MMORPGs: Emotional Investment, Motivations, Relationship Formation, and Problematic Usage." (PDF)

Ducheneaut, N., N. Yee, E. Nickell, and R. J. Moore. "Building an MMO With Mass Appeal: A Look at Gameplay in World of Warcraft." Games and Culture 1, no. 4 (October 2006): 281-317.

Steinkuehler, C. A. "Massively Multiplayer Online Videogaming as Participation in a Discourse." Mind, Culture, and Activity 13, no. 1 (2006): 38-52. (PDF)

Castronova, Edward. "Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier." In S&Z. 2001.

Wright, Talmadge. "Themed Spaces."

Steinkuehler, C., and D. Williams. "Where Everybody Knows Your (Screen) Name: Online Games as "Third Places"." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 11, no. 4 (2006): article 1.

  Justin Hall. "The Future of Games: Mobile Gaming." In The Handbook of Computer Game Studies. Edited by J. Raessens and J. Goldstein. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262182409.

Castronova, Edward. "The User."

Taylor, T. L. "Whose Game is this Anyway?"

Bartle, Richard. "Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades: Players Who Suit MUDs."

Koster, Raph. "Declaring the Rights of Players." In S&Z. 2004.

Taylor, T. L., and Beth Kolko. "Boundary Spaces: Majestic and the Uncertain Status of Knowledge, Community, and Self in a Digital Age." Information, Communication and Society 6, no. 4 (2003): 497-522.

Birdwell, Ken. "The Cabal: Valve's Design Process for Creating Half-Life." In S&Z. 1999.

Church, Doug. "Formal Abstract Design Tools." In S&Z. 1999.

LeBlanc, Marc. "Tools for Creating Dramatic Game Dynamics." In S&Z. 2005.

Crawford, Chris. "Eastern Front (1941)." In S&Z. 2003.

Zimmerman, Eric. "Play as Research: The Interative Design Process."

  Katie, Salen, and Eric Zimmerman. "Game Design and Meaningful Play." In The Handbook of Computer Game Studies. Edited by J. Raessens and J. Goldstein. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262182409.

Squire, Kurt. "Game-Based Learning: Present and Future State of the Field." Report to the Masie Consortium. (January 31, 2005).

———. "Video Games in Education." International Journal of Intelligent Simulations and Gaming 2, no. 1 (2003). (DOC)

Gee, Jim. "Semiotic Domains: Is Playing Video Games a "Waste of Time?"." In S&Z. 2003.

Steinkuehler, C. A. "Cognition and Literacy in Massively Multiplayer Online Games." (PDF)

Innovate, Aug/Sep 2005 Special Issue

The Escapist, no. 9

Taylor, T. L. "Where the Women Are."

Kennedy, Helen. "On the Limits of Textual Analysis." (An analysis of Lara Croft.)

Jenkins, Henry. ""Complete Freedom of Movement": Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces." In S&Z. 1998.

Hayes, Elisabeth. "Women and Video Gaming: Gendered Identities at Play." (PDF)

Consalvo, Mia. "It's a Queer World After All: Studying The Sims and Sexuality."

Consalvo, Mia, et al. "Women and Games: Technologies of the Gendered Self." New Media and Society. (forthcoming publication)

Always_Black. "Bow, Nigger." In S&Z. 2004.

Gee, Jim. "Cultural Models: Do You Want to be the Blue Sonic or the Dark Sonic?" In S&Z. 2003.

Adams, Ernest. "Not Just Rappers and Athletes."

Leonard, D. J. "Not a Hater, Just Keepin' It Real: The Importance of Race- and Gender-Based Game Studies." Games and Culture 1, no. 1 (January 2006): 83-88.

Au, Wagner James. "The Freeform Identity Bebop of Eboni Khan." (Wagner James Au's discussion of blackness in Second Life.)

Everett, and Watkins. "Now Representing: Games and the Learning Space of Race."

Raessens, Joost. "Computer Games as Participatory Media Culture."

McGonigal, Jane. "'This Is Not a Game': Immersive Aesthetics and Collective Play." Presented at MelbourneDAC (Digital Arts and Culture) 2003. (PDF)

Turkle, Sherry. "Computer Games as Evocative Objects." (Materials)

  Jesper, Juul. Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262101103.

Rouse, Richard. "Game Analysis: Centipede." In S&Z. 2001.

Squire, Kurt. "Educating the Fighter: Buttonmashing, Seeing, Being." On the Horizon 13, no. 2 (2005): 75-88. (PDF)

Gingold, Chaim. "What WarioWare Can Teach Us About Game Design." (PDF)

Bogost, Ian. "Comparative Video Game Criticism." Games and Culture 1, no. 1 (January 2006): 41-46.

Krzywinska, Tanya. "The Pleasures and Dangers of the Game: Up Close and Personal." Games and Culture 1, no. 1 (January 2006): 119-122. VERIFY: THIS SESSION?

Gee, J. P. Why Videogames Are Good For Your Soul. New York, NY: Common Ground, 2005. ISBN: 9781863355742.