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Reading List 2011 (10/50)

April 7, 2011 Jess 3 Comments

Here’s what I’ve been reading: Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson Deadhouse Gates, Steven Erikson Memories of Ice, Steven Erikson House of…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books

Teaching Game Design, Part VII

March 31, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

What do the students say about the course? What do they expect to get out of it? What do they find…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: game design, teaching, tgd

Teaching Game Design, Part VI

March 22, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

What is hard for the students to learn? What makes it hard? Is there a ’threshold’ effect in your course, so that…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: games, teaching, tgd

Status Matters

March 17, 2011 Jess 3 Comments

This morning, I came across this article on reforming education, which summarizes a new report on comparative educational systems.  I…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: education, status, tc

Teaching Game Design, Part V

March 16, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

What games do you use? What criteria do you use to choose games to analyse? To what extent do you let…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: game design, teaching, tgd

Teaching Game Design, Part IV

March 14, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

What do the students read (or watch) to learn theory or methods of analysis? My classes are a bit unusual on…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: game design, teaching, tgd

Strange Systems

March 11, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

There’s a fantastic article by Simon Strange in this month’s issue of Game Developer Magazine. He talks about how to…

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Posted in: Games, Teaching Filed under: game design, systems thinking

The Jessica Hammer Book Club

March 10, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

I’ve recently started a service for a couple of my friends that I’m calling “The Jessica Hammer Book Club.” They…

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Posted in: JHBC Filed under: books, jhbc

Teaching Game Design, Part III

March 9, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

At what level is the course (or courses) taught? What are the overall learning goals of the course? What will your students…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: game design, teaching, tgd

Teaching Game Design, Part II

March 8, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

Describe your course and the game analysis exercises briefly, in your own words. I created the game design course sequence for…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: game design, teaching, tgd

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