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12018-01-08T14:08:03-08:00Susana Ruizd8cbdab512a287789fb5129e74c8e3d0d6c7585d2816118plain2018-01-31T20:02:29-08:00Susana Ruizd8cbdab512a287789fb5129e74c8e3d0d6c7585dThursday, January 25
Ways of thinking about the intersection of documentary and games
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Discussion on Read/Watch/Play/Explore materials due last week and today
Game design exercise
Time to discuss and work on Documentary Game (as time allows)
READING DUE TODAY
Games, Design and Play: A Detailed Approach to Iterative Game Design, Chapters 3 (I am also making Chapter 3 available as a PDF but please not that from this point onward I am unable to make the readings from this book available)
Newsgames: Journalism at Play, Chapter on "Documentary," by Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari and Bobby Schweizer
The McHenry Library's David Kirk Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) (ground floor of the library) is hosting an Opening Reception this coming Wednesday February 7th 4:00-6:00pm to introduce the campus community to their new Visualization Spaces. We will be looking more closely at their resources for digital scholarship and Virtual Reality starting Week 7, but it should be a productive experience (though entirely optional) if you are able attend the reception (refreshments and wine will be served ;)
