Writing for Video Games course calendar

WEEK	DATE	TOPIC	READING DUE	DELIVERABLE DUE
1	26-Aug	Writing for Video Games: an Introduction
2	2-Sep	Labor Day
3	9-Sep	Games as Narrative Play	Salen and Zimmerman “Games as Narrative Play” 378-419; Zork I	proposals
4	16-Sep	The Rhetoric of Video Games	Salen and Zimmerman “Design” 40-47; c ya laterrr	The Pitch
5	23-Sep	Possibility Space	Bateman “Keeping the Player on Track” 85-102; Photopia	GM 1 – Quest 1
6	30-Sep	Immersion	Murray “Immersion” 97-125;	GM 2 – Quest 1
7	7-Oct	Agency	Murray “Agency” 126-153	The Strategy Document GM 3 – Quest 1
8	14-Oct	Transformation	Murray “Transformation” 154-182	GM 4 – Quest 1
9	21-Oct	Hypertext: shared power	tba	GM 1 – Quest 2
10	28-Oct	Hypertext: shared power	tba	GM 2 – Quest 2
11	4-Nov	Writing Reviews		The Game Treatment GM 3 – Quest 2
12	11-Nov	The Game Writing Career	Guest Speaker Nicki Quinn	GM 4 – Quest 2
13	18-Nov	Workshop week		Due: Critical Reflection group meetings
14	25-Nov	Thanksgiving Break
15	2-Dec	Writing Tutorials and Strategy Guides	“Walsh “Writing Tutorials” 119-135 Henderson “Writing Strategy Guides” 137-146
16	9-Dec	Final Presentations		Final Quest Mod