MMORPG (2005, November 18). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 18, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG.

Everquest (2005, November 18). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 18, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everquest.

Everquest II (2005, November 18). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 18, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everquest.II.

Vinge, V. (1981). “True Names.” The author’s infamous novella in True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier.

Yee, N. (2004). The Psychology of MMORPGs: Emotional Investment, Motivations, Relationship Formation, and Problematic Usage. In R. Schroeder & A. Axelsson (Eds.), Social Life of Avatars II. London: Springer-Verlag. (in press). View article in PDF format.

Bartle, R. (2003) Players. Chapter 2 (pp. 174-245) in Designing Virtual Worlds.

Castranova, E. (2001) Virtual worlds: A first-hand account of market and society on the Cyberian frontier. CESifo Working Paper No. 618. (39 pages)

Doctorow, C. (2004) Anda’s game. Short story from Salon.Com. November 15, 2004. [PACKET]

Bartle, R. (2003) Life in the virtual world. Chapter 5 (pp. 398-471) in Designing Virtual Worlds.

Special guest: Dr. Richard Bartle, University of Essex.

Fetterman, D. (1989) Walking in rhythm: Anthropological concepts. Chapter 2 (pp. 16-30) in Ethnography: Step by step. London: Sage. [PACKET]

Fetterman, D. (1989) A wilderness guide: Methods and techniques. Chapter 3 (pp. 31-62) in Ethnography: Step by step. London: Sage. [PACKET]

Special guest: Dr. Constance Steinkuehler

Ethnography: Applied examples

Steinkuehler, C. (2005) The new third place: Massively multiplayer online gaming in American youth culture. Tidskrift Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 3, 17-32. View article in PDF format.

Ethnography: Research ethics

Fetterman, D. (1989) Walking softly through the wilderness: Ethics. Chapter 7 (pp. 29-146) in Ethnography: Step by step. London: Sage. [PACKET]

Distributed: Exam #1

Movie: eXistenZ

Directed by David Cronenberg.

Note: Class will run 22 minutes late today. Please let me know in advance if you will need to leave before the end of the movie.

Salen, K. and Zimmerman, E. (2004) Defining play. Excerpt from Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (pp. 301-11). [PACKET]

Due: Exam #1

Salen, K. and Zimmerman, E. (2004) Defining rules. Excerpt from Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (pp. 117-125). [PACKET]

Koster, R. (2004). “What Games Aren’t (Chapter 5)” and "Different Fun for Different Folks (Chapter 6)". Excerpts from A Theory of Fun, pp. 80-109.

Consalvo, M. (2005). Gaining advantage: How videogame players define and negotiate cheating.” Presentation to the Digital Games Research Association Conference: Changing Views: Worlds in Play. View article in PDF format.

Tito, G. (2005) "Dood, it’s part of the game." The Escapist. Issue #19.

Adams, E. (2003). The construction of ludic space. Presentation to the Digital Games Research Association, November 2003. View article in PDF format.

Dr. Mia Consalvo, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Ohio University.

Wolf, M. J. P. (2001). Time in the video game (Chapter 4). In M. J. P. Wolf (Ed.), The medium of the videogame (pp. 77-91). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. [PACKET]

Neitzel, B. (2005) Narrativity in computer games. Excerpt from Handbook of Computer Game Studies, edited by Joost Raesseens and Jeffrey Goldstein, MIT Press (pp. 227-250).

Sherry, J. (2004) Flow and media enjoyment. Communication Theory, 14(4): 328-347. If you are connecting from the Trinity University network, you can view the article in PDF format.

Williams, D. (2003). The video game lightning rod: Constructions of a new media technology, 1970-2000. Information, Communication & Society, 6(4): 523-550. If you are connecting from the Trinity University network, you can view the article in PDF format.

Social aspects: Violence

Goldstein, J. (2005) Violent video games. Excerpt from Handbook of Computer Game Studies, edited by Joost Raesseens and Jeffrey Goldstein, MIT Press (pp. 341-357).

Distributed: Exam #2

Social aspects: Addiction

BBC (2005) China imposes online gaming curbs. August 25.

Motluk, A. (2005). Gaming fanatics show hallmarks of drug addiction. New Scientist. November 16.

Yee, N. (2002). Ariadne: Understanding MMORPG Addiction. The Hub: Exploring the Psychology of MMORPGS. View article in PDF format.

Work on presentations

Due Exam #2

Final project due by noon on Tuesday, May 9.