The goal of the final project is to demonstrate that you have
achieved some or all of the course objectives for Game Culture. To do
so, you will produce one of the following:
- A Game Design Proclamation
- Your game design proclamation should be modeled on
the tradition of proclamations--like the Emancipation Proclamation or
the Royal Proclamation of 1763--documents that define a new path and
shape for an institution. Your proclamation should highlight a
problem in the way games are designed. Using ideas drawn from our
readings, such as Paida or Ludus play, Narrative vs. Simulation,
Telescoping, or issues around virtual communities, you should
explain the flaw in the current model of game design, provide examples
of that flaw, and then suggest a solution for likeminded designers to
pursue. (1000 words)
- Two Wikipedia entries
- Wikipedia entries for games generally do not include any critical
perspectives on those games. Using ideas drawn from our readings,
such as Paida or Ludus play, Narrative vs. Simulation, Telescoping, or
issues around virtual communities, you should write additions for
two Wikipedia articles about games you're familiar with that explain
critical perspectives on those games. These entries should be
carefully written in appropriate Wikipedia style, and should be added
to the pages when your project is complete. Be sure to read
Wikipedia's writing guidelines to make sure you fit the conventions of
the site. (Alternately, you may add similar entries to the
Wiki-Strategy site about these games, but such entries may be more
suited to the general Wikipedia.) (2 350-word entries)
- Digital presentation - flash or mpeg
- Produce an animated, montage, and text-based audio-visual movie
explaining a key concept from class. This project could be
flash-based or produced in another format, but should include both
image and sound, and should be ENTERTAINING and informative. You
should use quotes and/or ideas from the source texts as well as
including examples and explanations. (approx 3 minutes)
- Other demonstration of course objectives
- Have your own idea for demonstrating that you've learned the course objectives?
Email me by 20 April with a pre-proposal to get the go-ahead!
Nitty Gritty:
- Text sections should adhere to MLA Format (12 point font, double-spaced, stapled, works cited list)
- As part of the reasoning for the project, you should
draw on (and quote from) 2 or more readings from the
course. Ideally, you will use these citations to explain some of the
ideas you are drawing on for your projects.
- You should include an MLA Works Cited list. (You can find the MLA info for our in-class readings
here. (See below for examples of citations)
- Outline or 2 paragraph pre-proposal due 25 April (worth 10%)
- Rough Draft due 2 May (worth 10%)
- Final Draft due 9 May (worth 80%)
Assessment:
- Assessment of this project will use the rubric to be posted soon..
Example citations
If you're using a citation of an article from a collected book (as many of our class readings were), it should look like this:
Lastnameauthor, Firstname. "Article title in quotes." Book title in italics or underlined. Editor1 and Editor2, eds. City of publication: Publishing house, year.
A video game can be cited in a similar way. A videogame citation should include the game, the publisher, and the year, at a minimum. You could also examine citations for films to see similar kinds of media citations:
Game Title in Italics. Platform. Publisher not in quotes, year.
For further clarification, see the
Purdue OWL for a more comprehensive look at MLA formatting.
