Title: 36-1101; Game Culture
Credits: 3
Meetings: W, 3:30-6:20pm; W405
Institution:
Columbia College Chicago
600 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Instructor: Brendan Riley, Ph.D.
Office phone: 312.344.8817
Department phone: 312.344.7526
Home phone: 708.445.3698**
Fax number: 312 344-8021
E-mail address: briley@colum.edu*
AIM: DrBrendanRiley
MSN: briley@colum.edu
Office hours:
M: 11:00am-2:00pmOffice location: 33 E Congress, 300-N
T: 10:00am-12:00pm
W: 11:00am-2:00pm
Texts to buy:
The Video Game Theory Reader by Wolf and Perron;
ISBN:
0415965799
Everything Bad is Good For You by Stephen Johnson;
ISBN:
1573223077
From the "Handouts" section of our class OASIS site:
What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Gee
The Medium of the Video Game by Mark Wolf
Wired-Up: Young People and the Electronic Media, Sue Howard, Ed.
Game to play:
You will also be required to buy and play one game from the following list. If you have ideas for other games to include, please ask me about them:
