Game Culture 36-1100
The increasing popularity of games within today's culture necessitates analysis of how games are impacted by social and ideological forces and influence them in turn. Questions like "Why do we play?" and "How do we play differently?" are explored, with many others, as students are guided through topics such as role-playing and identity, ethics, group behavior, competition, gender, race, and aesthetics in modern (and historical) games.
Prereqs: 52-1151, Writing & Rhetoric I
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Students will be able to...
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Learn that games are always highly symbolic rituals that grow out of and reflect existing cultural preferences and knowledge bases
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Learn the ethical responsibilities of game developers
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Learn the ethical responsibilities of game developers.
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Learn the role of play in human activity.
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Learn the semiotics of embedded messages in games
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Understand “virtual worlds” as a new media and social construct
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