LWB = Lucky Wander Boy
RP1 = Ready Player One
First-Person = First-Person: New Media as Story, Performance, and Game
1/22
Introductions
Week 1 Lab: No meeting
Unit 1: The Catalogue of Obsolete Entertainments
1/27
Read: LWB, through location #1192
In class: LWB Lecture, introduction to Storify, practice livetweeting lectures
1/29
Read: LWB, through location #2179
In class: LWB Lecture, livetweeting
Week 2 Lab: Reading discussion
2/3
Read: LWB, through location #3148
In Class: Play games from Catalogue of Obsolete Entertainments
2/5
Read: First-Person, “Cyberdrama” (1-33)
In Class: First-Person Lecture, livetweeting
Week 3 Lab: Reading discussion
2/10
Read: LWB, finish novel
In Class: LWB Lecture, livetweeting
2/12
Read: First Person, “Ludology” (35-69)
In Class: First-Person Lecture, livetweeting, discuss paper assignment
Week 4 Lab: Reading discussion
2/17
Read: Chapter on Imitation from Crowley and Hawhee (PDF)
In Class: Lecture on imitation, livetweeting
2/19
In Class: Collaborative Research
Week 5 Lab: Writing Workshop
2/24
Write: Complete Draft of Catalogue Paper (due prior to class)
In Class: Writing Workshop - Peer Review
2/26
In Class: Writing Workshop - Peer Review
Week 6 Lab: Writing Workshop
2/28: Paper due at noon
Unit 2: Easter Eggs
3/3
Read: RP1, through page 60
In Class: RP1 Lecture, livetweeting
3/5
Read: RP1, through page 115
In Class: RP1 Lecture, livetweeting
Week 7 Lab: Discuss RP1
3/10
Read: First Person, “Critical Simulation” (71-116)
In Class: Lecture on “Critical Simulation," livetweeting
3/12
Read: RP1, through page 179
In Class: Twine Lecture (Brandee), play “Cyberqueen”
Week 8 Lab: Discuss RP1
SPRING BREAK
3/24
In Class: Twine Lecture-recap (Brandee), replay “Cyberqueen”
3/26
Read: RP1, through page 294
In class: Guest Lecture - Porpentine
Week 9 Lab: Brainstorm Twine Projects, discuss “Cyberqueen”
3/28
Watch streaming lecture, complete quiz by midnight
3/31
Read: RP1, finish novel
In Class: RP1 Lecture, livetweeting
4/2
In Class: Twine workshop
Week 10 Lab: Twine Workshop
4/7
In Class: Twine workshop
4/9
In Class: Twine workshop
Week 11 Lab: Twine Workshop
4/11 Twine game due at noon
Unit 3: Untangling Games and Stories
4/14
Play: Braid
In Class: Braid Lecture, livetweeting
4/16
Play: Braid
In Class: Braid Walk-Through
Week 12 Lab: Play/discuss Braid
4/21
Play: Braid as Spatial Storytelling
Read: First-Person, “Game Theories” (117-164)
In Class: "Game Theories" Lecture, livetweeting
4/23
In Class: Braid and Game Time
Week 13 Lab: Play/discuss Braid, discuss reading
4/28
Play: Gone Home
In Class: Gone Home Guest Lecture, livetweeting
4/30
Play: Gone Home
In Class: Gone Home Walk-Through
Week 14 Lab: Play/Discuss Gone Home
5/5
Play: Gone Home
Read: First-Person, “Hypertexts & Interactives” (165-206)
In Class: "Hypertexts & Interactives" Lecture, livetweeting
5/7
In Class: Storify Workshop
Week 15 Lab: Play/discuss Gone Home, discuss reading
5/13: Storify Due at 7:25pm
