Comments for multicast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc the Internets, technology, and policy Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Writing the Casual Games Syllabus by Justin Kownacki http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-11908 Justin Kownacki Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:31:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/?p=800#comment-11908 I'm a big fan of text-based games, because they create a type of tension and elation that's closer to a novel or a newspaper article than what we think of today as a "game." If they're still available out there, Dope Wars, Hollywood Mogul, or any of the Lance Haffner text-based sports simulators would be a great introduction to the storytelling basics of expectation, tension, and payoff -- minus the real-time control and graphics we've come to expect as necessary. I’m a big fan of text-based games, because they create a type of tension and elation that’s closer to a novel or a newspaper article than what we think of today as a “game.” If they’re still available out there, Dope Wars, Hollywood Mogul, or any of the Lance Haffner text-based sports simulators would be a great introduction to the storytelling basics of expectation, tension, and payoff — minus the real-time control and graphics we’ve come to expect as necessary.

]]> Comment on Writing the Casual Games Syllabus by Christian http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-11886 Christian Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:01:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/?p=800#comment-11886 I've never seen PONGS before. It's weird, it feels like it was designed to be played just after reading the classic article: Malone, T. W. (1981). Toward a Theory of Intrinsically Motivating Instruction. <em>Cognitive Science, 4</em>, 333-369. (Which I plan to assign.) The article deconstructs Pong into parts. I’ve never seen PONGS before. It’s weird, it feels like it was designed to be played just after reading the classic article: Malone, T. W. (1981). Toward a Theory of Intrinsically Motivating Instruction. Cognitive Science, 4, 333-369. (Which I plan to assign.) The article deconstructs Pong into parts.

]]> Comment on Writing the Casual Games Syllabus by Christian http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-11884 Christian Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/?p=800#comment-11884 <a href="http://adriennemassanari.com/" rel="nofollow">Adrienne Massanari</a> sent via Facebook: I think some of Pippin Barr's work could be interesting to include. Something like PONGS, maybe? And maybe Candy Box? Adrienne Massanari sent via Facebook:

I think some of Pippin Barr’s work could be interesting to include. Something like PONGS, maybe? And maybe Candy Box?

]]> Comment on Writing the Casual Games Syllabus by Christian http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/archives/800/comment-page-1#comment-11882 Christian Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:28:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/niftyc/?p=800#comment-11882 <a href="http://coms.concordia.ca/faculty/consalvo.html" rel="nofollow">Mia Consalvo</a> kindly shared this list: Week 1: Space Invaders; Pac Man; Asteroids Week 2: Aardwolf MUD or The Dreamhold Week 3: Ultima IV Week 4: Dungelot; Drawn: The Painted Tower Week 5: Runescape Week 6: Farmville 2; Every Day the Same Dream Week 7: A Closed World, The Sims Week 8: The McDonald's Game, Disaffected, Layoff Week 9: Maple Story, Second Life, Rift, World of Warcraft, or EVE Online Week 10: Angry Birds, Unmanned, Dys4ia (Looks like they have 10-week semesters in Canada!) Mia Consalvo kindly shared this list:

Week 1: Space Invaders; Pac Man; Asteroids

Week 2: Aardwolf MUD or The Dreamhold

Week 3: Ultima IV

Week 4: Dungelot; Drawn: The Painted Tower

Week 5: Runescape

Week 6: Farmville 2; Every Day the Same Dream

Week 7: A Closed World, The Sims

Week 8: The McDonald’s Game, Disaffected, Layoff

Week 9: Maple Story, Second Life, Rift, World of Warcraft, or EVE Online

Week 10: Angry Birds, Unmanned, Dys4ia

(Looks like they have 10-week semesters in Canada!)

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