When reporters cover the same topic regularly, they call that topic their beat. (I they got the term from police officers, who often have an assigned neighborhood, called their beat.) As a member of this class, you will be assigned a blog to cover each month. This blog, your beat, should be the primary source of your posts to GameCultureWatch. If you find yourself without something to write about, you may post on other topics, but you should concentrate on reporting about the blog you're covering.
Of course, if you make more than one post each week, you may use your extra posts to explore whatever topics interest you.
New assignments:
For each period you will be assigned one of the blogs in the "Under Watch" categories.
If you find that your assigned blog is not ACTIVE, email me and we'll change
your assignment. NOTE:
disliking a blog does not justify changing your assignment.
Adding blogs:
At the beginning of each writing period, we can add or shift blogs around on our list. If you
have proposals for blogs that should be moved to 'under watch' or added to our list entirely,
let me know. NOTE: suggesting that we add a blog to 'under watch' does not guarantee that
you will get to cover that blog.
| The link to your beat can be found on Game Culture Watch | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Student | Wk3-Wk6 | Wk7-Wk11 | Wk12-Wk15 |
| Dave A | Select Parks | Game Research | |
| Jared B | Avant Gaming | 1up | GamesAreArt |
| Roxanne B | We Make Money Not Art | GameGirl Advance | Select Parks |
| Ryan B | Ralph Koster | Gamasutra | Slashdot Games |
| Warren B | Game Tunnel | Inside Mac Games | Escapist |
| Todd B | Water Cooler Games | Game Pulse | Academic-Gamers (Gameology.org) |
| Eric B | Games*Design*Art*Culture | Academic-Gamers | Curmudgeon Gamer |
| Barry B | 1up | Women Gamers | Terranova |
| Will D | Game Blogs | Game Tunnel | Game Research |
| Donoven D | Serious Games | Alternate Reality Gaming Network | Video Game Generation |
| Ed D | Alternate Reality Gaming Network | Water Cooler Games | Insert Credit |
| Joe D | GameDevBlog | Games*Design*Art*Culture | 1up |
| Sean F | Women Gamers | Select Parks | Ludology.org |
| Fish F | Ludology.org | Serious Games | Evil Avatar |
| Marc G | POV | Avant Gaming | Game Blogs |
| Brendan G | Kotaku | Video Game Media Watch | Grrl Gamer |
| Nick G | Slashdot Games | eToychest | Thumb Bandits |
| Shaun H | Terranova | Gamer Girls Unite | Penny-Arcade |
| Jermain H | GameGirl Advance | Curmudgeon Gamer | Game Eaters |
| Chris H | The Escapist | New World Notes | Gamesindustry.biz |
| Lee J | Inside Mac Games | gamesindustry.biz | IGN |
| Nick J | Ludologica | Insert Credit | Inside Mac Games |
| Gary K | Idle Thumbs | Kotaku | GameGirl Advance |
| Phil L | Thumb Bandits | Video Game Generation | Water Cooler Games |
| Sean L | Social Study Games | Penny Arcade | Kotaku |
| John L | The Ludologist | Gamespot | Game Tunnel |
| Kent M | GrandTextAuto | IGN | Gamasutra |
| Brandon M | New World Notes | The Escapist | Women Gamers |
| Mike M | These Damned Machines... | GamesAreArt | Idle Thumbs |
| Nick M | Curmudgeon Gamer | Slashdot Games | New World Notes |
| Nigel N | EDTEC 670 | Idle Thumbs | |
| Matt N | Game Eaters | Next-Gen | Games*Design*Art*Culture |
| Kyle O | Next-Gen | Thumb Bandits | eToychest |
| Dave P | Grrl Gamer | Evil Avatar | GameSpot |
| Alex P | Academic Gamers | The Ludologist | POV |
| Morgan R | Video Game Media Watch | Grrl Gamer | Select Parks |
| Adam S | GamesAreArt | These Damned Machines... | Joystick 101 |
| Brian S | Social Impact Games | Game Eaters | Gamer Girls Unite |
| Luke S | Gamasutra | Ludology.org | Video Game Media Watch |
| Jared T | Evil Avatar | Game Blogs | Game Pulse |
| Ryan T | Game Research | Terranova | Next-Gen |
| Patrick W | Joystick 101 | POV | Serious Games |
