Schedule

Week	Date	Assignment
1	8/25	First day of class. Introductions and Barnga.
2	8/30	Sign up for your domain and install and configure WordPress.
	9/1	Bogost HTDTWV “Media Microecology” (1-8). Also, create subdomain for this class, install and configure WordPress.
	9/2	First sidequest due: Create an Avatar
3	9/6	Play through Gone Home to completion.
	9/8	Richard Bell, “Family History: Source Analysis in Gone Home.” Begin to discuss podcast assignment.
4	9/13	Dear Esther. Begin discussion of “Unpacking Manuel’s” assignment.
	9/15	Podcast and Manuel’s workshop day.
5	9/20	Firewatch Bogost HTDTWV “Art.”
	9/22	Workshop time on Unpacking Manuel’s
6	9/25 (Sunday!)	Peer review on Manuel’s Tavern Due
	9/27	Firewatch Day 2 Bogost HTDTWV “Art” (redux) & “Empathy”
	9/29	Freshman Year
	9/30	Podcast episodes 1 & 2 due
7	10/4	The Stanley Parable
	10/6	The Beginner’s Guide
	10/7	Podcast episodes 3 & 4 due
8	10/11	No Class: Fall Break
	10/13	Kentucky Route Zero: Act One
	10/14	Podcast episodes 5 & 6 due
9	10/18	Kentucky Route Zero: Act Two
	10/20	dys4ia & Depression Quest
	10/21	Podcast episodes 7 & 8 due
10	10/25	Wolf in White Van. Part One: Chapters 1-7 (pp. 1-75)
	10/27	Wolf in White Van. Part One: Chapters 8-10 (pp. 76-109)
	10/28	Podcast episodes 9 & 10 due
11	11/1	Wolf in White Van Part Two: Chapters 11-14 (pp. 113-64)
	11/3	Wolf in White Van Part One: Chapters 15-16 (pp. 165-207)
	11/4	Podcast episodes 11 & 12 due
12	11/8	Fiasco rules. Finish up Wolf in White Van discussions.
	11/10	No class: Fiasco gameplay
	11/11	Podcast episodes 13 & 14 due
13	11/15	Fiasco discussion
	11/17	Atari games with Stella: Pacman and Donkey Kong
	11/18	Podcast episodes 15 & 16 due
14	11/22	Kentucky Route Zero Act 3
	11/24	No Class: Thanksgiving
15	11/29	Final portfolio assignment
	12/1	Zork: The Great Underground Empire
16	12/6	Last day of class
	12/9 3 – 5:30p	Our scheduled final exam period

This schedule is subject to change.