Introduction to Videogame Studies (MIT)

MIT Open Coursware で、Introduction to Videogame Studies なるものを発見した。

Introduction と言いながら本格的で、テーマも幅広い。参考文献は40あります。各週の内容をざっと。Cheating(ずる、不正行為)だけでもひとつのテーマになっているのか。この授業には、プログラミングなどの内容は入っていないようだ。

  • Week1: Introduction to the Course
  • Week2: Defining Games
  • Week3: Defining Games (cont.), Games as Digital Media
  • Week4: Games as Cybertexts, The Social Contract of Games
  • Week5: Cheating, Player Experience: Agency
  • Week6: Games as Narrative
  • Week7: Player Experience: Immersion, Types of Players
  • Week8: Hardcore vs Casual Players, Identity
  • Week9: Representation, Games as Systems
  • Week10: Fictional Worlds, Games as Simulations
  • Week11: Game Spaces, Games as Performance
  • Week12: Value Systems
  • Week13: Game Aesthetics, Criticism and Journalism
  • Week14: Game Culture: Communities, Game Culture: Violence

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