FILM 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Game Studies, Multiple Choice
13 Dec 2017
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Midterm oct. 20th: multiple choice, identification, short answer, readings, some questions about specific games, material that is covered in lecture. Final exam tba: take home exam, 3 essay prompts. Film: with game studies, when we refer to video games as a text were (cid:373)igrati(cid:374)g approa(cid:272)hes that (cid:449)e"(cid:448)e lear(cid:374)ed fro(cid:373) other studies. Difficulty and skill: do you have the skills to play the game, o(cid:373)e people do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:374)eeded to pla(cid:455) a (cid:448)ideo ga(cid:373)e. Time: segment to be analyzed in a video game, you do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) lo(cid:374)g a (cid:448)ideo ga(cid:373)e (cid:449)ill last (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:455)ou"re pla(cid:455)i(cid:374)g it, the choices you make throughout the game will affect the time you spend as well. Game overview: what we would call the content of the game. Game mechanics: rules represent meanings that we use in the world (ex. Who are the designers: genre and time it was made.
