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 group, the Game Culture classes will keep an eye on the happenings in the world of game culture blogs. We will do so by covering blogs and discussing them on our own blog.
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 one of the three periods below, you
will be assigned as a "blogger". The other two periods, you will be a
"responder". Your responsibilities for each role are defined below.
Bloggers:
Bloggers are each assigned a "beat"
of two or three game blogs. These blogs should inspire most of the
posts those bloggers produce about game culture. Each week, you
should discuss something mentioned on one of your blogs, write a short
bit of commentary (approx 100-150 words) and perhaps include a quote.
Blog posts must be posted by midnight Tuesday morning (that's late
Monday night).
Responders:
Responders must post two responses
to blog posts on the main blog. Your response should be a considered
comment, at least 75 words, that engages with an idea in the post or
the outside event/blog it refers to. You could also respond to one of
the other commenters. While you are not REQUIRED to respond to a
very-recent post, you are encouraged to do so.
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 below | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Blogs | Wk4-Wk7 | Wk8-Wk10 including sb |
Wk11-Wk14 |
| Michelle B | Hillari B | Mike C | |
| Curmudgeon Gamer Escapist Gamespot News |
Kyle C | Brian C | Andrew D |
| Evil Avatar Gamasutra Video Game Generation Water Cooler Games |
Jason F | Ryan G | Alex G |
| Game Blogs GameGirl Advance Video Game Media Watch |
Josh H | Andy H | Ryan J |
| Games Are Art Gameology Women Gamers Slashdot Games |
Mitch K | Linden L | Katrell L |
| Games*Design*Art*Culture Grrl Gamer Serious Games |
John L | Kevin L | Alex M |
| Marty M | Phil N | Kyle R | |
| Next-Gen Thumb Bandits Select Parks |
Gus S | Marty T | Kelly W |
