Schedule
Week | Date | Assignment |
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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. |
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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. |
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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” |
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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.