Schedule – Play Make Write Think

Week	Date	Play/Read	Write/Make
1	8/24*	Introduction to the class (asynchronous) Read over this syllabus/website carefully Andrea Lunsford, “Rhetorical Situations” and “Reading Rhetorically” from Everyone’s an Author (note link goes to item in our electronic course reserves)	Bookmark this site Leave a comment on this post asking a question about the class/syllabus Prewriting exercises for the Literacy Narrative then start writing Create WordPress site
2	8/25	First synchronous meeting via Zoom
	8/26		Literacy Narrative
	8/27*	“The Landlord’s Game” 99% Invisible podcast (note the transcript) “What exactly is a game?” from Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
	8/30		Side Quest 1: Avatar
3	9/1	“Introduction” from Superbetter: The Power of Living Gamefully by Jane McGonigal Play Depression Quest
	9/3*	“Introduction” and “Games” from Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter by Steven Johnson Play Tangaroa Deep
	9/6		Side Quest 2: Combophoto
4	9/8	Podcast planning discussion “Introduction to Critical Play” from Critical play: Radical Game Design by Mary Flanagan
	9/10*	Ian Bogost “Media Microecology” and “Empathy” from How to Do Things with Videogames
	9/13		Side Quest 3: Liveblogging Gone Home
5	9/15	Gone Home: A Story Exploration Game
	9/17*	Watch the first 15 minutes or so of the walkthrough of the Untitled Goose Game Ian Bogost “Don’t Play the Goose Game: Untitled Goose Game is fun. The problem is, all games are also work”
	9/20		Side Quest 4: What’s in your bag? Player Narrative
6	9/22	Fiasco & Alice is Missing Rulebooks Setup games in class
	9/24*	Superbetter, chapters 1 & 2	Play Fiasco or Alice is Missing
	9/27		Side Quest 5: Sunday Sketches Podcast 1 & 2
7	9/29	Fiasco/Alice is Missing debrief discussion Superbetter, chapters 3 & 4
	10/1*	Superbetter, chapters 5 & 6
	10/4		Side Quest 6: Liveblog Gris Podcast 3 & 4
8	10/6	Gris
	10/8*	Superbetter, chapters 7 & 8
	10/11		Side Quest 7: Throw a piece of paper into a bin Podcast 5 & 6
9	10/13	Firewatch
	10/15*	Superbetter 9 & 10
	10/18		Side Quest 8 Podcast 7 & 8
10	10/20	Life is Strange
	10/22*	Superbetter 11 & 12
	10/25		Side Quest 9 Podcast 9 & 10
11	10/27	Development of Twine games in small groups
	10/29*
	11/1		Podcast 11 & 12
12	11/3	Development of Twine games in small groups
	11/5*
	11/8		Game Comparison Podcast 13 & 14
13	11/10	Development of Twine games in small groups
	11/12*
	11/15		Podcast 15 & 16 Sidequest 10
14	11/17	Presentation of Twine games
	11/19		Twine Game
	11/22		Side Quest 11: Assemblies
15	11/24	Last day of class

	12/8		Final Portfolio and Reflection Letter

Indicates asynchronous class meeting

This schedule is subject to change as the semester progresses. Changes will be indicated in the table above and I will also announce significant changes in a blog post.