Game Studies - AISE00031

• Title: Game Studies
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship (21-UISK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/2, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (5)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Is provided by: ANM50651
• Explanation: Předmět je pod tímto kódem určen výhradně výměnným studujícím (Erasmus+).
• Additional information: https://uisk.ff.cuni.cz/en/exchange-students/erasmus-courses/
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D.
• Class: A – Mezioborová nabídka VP: Informace a nová média; Exchange - 08.9 Others-Humanities; Exchange - 14.9 Others-Social Sciences; Exchange - 15.4 Library Science; Exchange - 15.9 Others-Commun. & Inform. Sciences
• Is interchangeable with: NAFF003

Annotation

English

Last update: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)

The course provides students with theoretical and methodological introduction to game studies. It critically analyzes video games and explore their broader cultural, social, and political aspects. The topics of the course include game studies theory, history of video games, methods of video game analysis, and social and psychological aspects of gaming. The course aims to develop students' ability to critically reflect video games as a sociocultural phenomenon and conduct team-based research projects. The course is taught in English.

*** The course is suitable for exchange students (i.e. Erasmus+) but only under the code AISE00031. This is very important! Make sure you register to the course under the right code. ***

Czech

Last update: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)

Předmět poskytuje studentům teoretický a metodologický úvod do herních studií. Kriticky analyzuje médium počítačových her a zabývá se jejich širšími kulturními, společenskými a politickými aspekty. Mezi probíraná témata patří teorie herních studií, historie počítačových her, metody analýzy počítačových her a jejich sociální a psychologické aspekty. Cílem předmětu je rozvinout kritické porozumění širší role počítačových her ve společnosti a schopnost samostatného výzkumu. Předmět je vyučován v anglickém jazyce.

*** Kurz pod kódem ANM50651 je určen primárně studentům navazujícího magisterského studia oboru Studia nových médií. Ostatní studenti si mohou kurz zapsat v případě dostatečné kapacity.***

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

Methods of Assessment:

10 % team formation & research proposal submission
10% team-project midterm consultation
40 % team-project presentation 
40 % team-project final paper (cca 16,000 characters, Game Studies style) 
-10% late submission (deadline = 23:59 CET)

Time and Place:

The course will be taught on Wednesdays, starting October 4, 2023.
9:10 am - 10:40 am
Room no.: 348, Celetná 20

*** Students must attend the first lecture in order to be enrolled to the course. ***

Literature

Last update: doc. Mgr. Vít Šisler, Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

BOGOST, IAN (2007). Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
DONOVAN, TRISTAN (2010). Replay: the History of Video Games. Yellow Ant.
EGENFELDT-NIELSEN, S., SMITH, J.H., TOSCA, S.P. (2008). Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction. Routledge.
FERNÁNDEZ-VARA, CLARA (2014). Introduction to Game Analysis. Routledge.
FROMME, J. & UNGER, A. (2012). Computer Games and New Media Cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies. Springer.
JAHN-SUDMANN, ANDREAS & STOCKMANN, RALF (Eds.) (2008). Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
JUUL, JESPER (2005). Half-real: Video Games Between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
LANKOSKI, PETR & BJÖRK, STAFFAN (2015). Game Research Methods: An Overview. ETC Press.
SCHRANK, B. (2014) Avant-garde Videogames: Playing with Technoculture. The MIT Press.
MÄYRÄ, FRANS (2008). An Introduction to Game Studies. SAGE Publications.
ŠISLER, V., RADDE-ANTWEILER, K. & ZEILER, X. (2018). Methods for Studying Video Games and Religion. New York, NY: Routledge.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Václav Paštěka (28.04.2022)

Introduction
History of Video Games
Methodology & Theory
Social Aspects of Games
Cognitive and Psychological Aspects of Games
Game-based Learning
Art & Games
Student Conference