Game Studies II - ANM50596

• Title: Game Studies II
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship - New Media Studies (21-UISKNM)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Explanation: Contemporary Issues in Game Studies
• Additional information: http://novamedia.ff.cuni.cz/
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

The course provides deeper insight into the field of game studies and familiarizes students with its contemporary issues. The topics of the course include game design and development, persuasive video games, game industry in the 21st century, and relationships between video games, politics, history, and religion. The course aims to develop students’ deeper understanding of video games medium and the ability to design and develop serious games. The course is taught in English.

The course is suitable for exchange students (i.e. Erasmus) but only under code AISE00032. This is very important! Make sure you register to course under right code.

Last update: Šisler Vít, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (10.02.2022)

Czech

Předmět poskytuje studentům hlubší vhled do problematiky herních studií a seznamuje je s aktuálními tématy oboru. Mezi probíraná témata patří design a vývoj her, persvazivní a vážné hry, herní průmysl v 21. století a vztah mezi počítačovými hrami, politikou, historií a náboženstvím. Cílem předmětu je rozvinout hlubší porozumění média počítačových her a schopnost designu a vývoje vážných her. Předmět je vyučován v anglickém jazyce.

Last update: Šisler Vít, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (10.02.2022)

Course completion requirements

The course will be taught every two weeks on Wednesdays 10:50 - 12:20 AM, in the room no. 303 at Hybernská 3. We start on February 15, 2023. If you want to be enrolled to the course you have to attend the first lecture.

Last update: Šisler Vít, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (14.02.2023)

Literature

AARSETH, Espen J. Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 203 s. ISBN 0-8018-5579-9.

BOGOST, Ian. Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2007. 464 s. ISBN 978-0-262-02614-7.

JAHN-SUDMANN, Andreas; STOCKMANN, Ralf (eds.). Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 256 s.

JUUL, Jesper. A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010. 252 s. ISBN 978-0-262-01337-6.

THOMPSON, Jason C.; Marc A. OUELLETTE. The Game Culture Reader. CSP, 2013. ISBN 1-443-84094-7.

Last update: Šisler Vít, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (10.02.2020)

Syllabus

Introduction

Video Games and Globalization

Game Design and Development

Video Games and Politics

Video Games and History

Video Games and Religion

Project Presentation

Last update: Šisler Vít, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (10.02.2020)