Friday, March 30, 2007

Readings for Next Two Weeks

Here are the readings for the next two weeks. Please read the articles, but also the comments on them if there are any:

Monday, April 2
Henry Jennkins, "Game Design as Narrative Architecture"
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson/lazzi-fair

Monday, April 9
Espen Aarseth, "Introduction: Stories and Games"
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson/vigilant

Wednesday, April 11
Eric Zimmerman, "Narrative, Interactivity, Play and Games"
http://www.electronicbookreview.com/thread/firstperson/ludican-do

I'd also like you to take a look at this blog on games and narrativity and try a couple of the games in the second link from the "Slamdance" festival. Be prepared to talk about them during class.

Grand Text Auto
http://grandtextauto.gatech.edu/

Slamdance Guerilla Games
http://www.slamdance.com/games/

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