There are a host of recent Extra Credits episodes relevant to your final serious games assignment.
Games and learning:
Games and society:
- Facing controversy
- Game Addiction Part 1 and Part 2
- Propaganda games
- Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Archive for the 'Readings' Category
26
Oct
11
Extra Credits: Games and Society
12
Oct
11
Journal: Are games art?
Are videogames art? Read/watch the following opinions and then formulate your own:
- Kellee Santiago – Are Video games Art?
- Roger Ebert – Video games can never be art
- Brian Moriarty – Apology For Roger Ebert
- Michael Samyn – Almost Art
There’s an article on Kotaku about Ian Bogost’s satirical Facebook game Cow Clicker that is well worth reading. It explains how Ian’s attempt at satire turned on itself and became dangerously successful. You should also read Ian’s own commentary on the game.
Watch The Role of the Player
22
Sep
11
Extra credits: Metrics
Your Extra Credits video for this week: Metrics.
21
Sep
11
Invisible Ink
A friend recently pointed me to the online book Invisbile Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate, by screenwriter Brian McDonald. I’m about half way through it and finding it very clear and easy to read. If you’re interested in the craft of writing, I highly recommend it (plus it’s free!).
Steve Meretzky is a prominent game developer who has a lot of experience creating narrative-based games including a number of landmark titles in the Infocom collection of text adventures.
In his article http://www.gamasutra.com/resource_guide/20011119/meretzky_01.htm he shares some of his wisdom concerning the creation of memorable game characters.
21
Sep
11
Social design for online games
Since we’ve been talking about fellowship and social game dynamics, here’s an interesting article on designing for social behaviour online, written by Bill Fulton of Microsoft Game Studios User-research program.
Bill addresses the problem he describes at “Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total F***wad”.
IGN Australia has just published an interesting article on the state of commercial games development in Australia.
The Extra Credits videos are back online an Penny Arcade. So this week I’m giving you two videos to watch:
