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Paper Categories, 2nd Edition

Paper Categories, 2nd Edition

                  Last year at about this time I outlined possible paper topics after reviewing the various papers submitted over the years. What follows is a category listing of papers from last year, including some papers related to video games from other courses. As before just add the […]

Week 4 Guest Speaker: Ian Verchere of Roadhouse Interactive

Ian Verchere who is co-founder and the Chief Creative of Roadhouse Interactive, a 50-person production and development company shaping the future of mobile, tablet and online games will be our guest next class.  Ian will share his views of  ongoing dialectic between creating and the law.Ian has been a great friend of the course, providing […]

Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism

Videogames and the Spirit of Capitalism

This is a terrific talk Paolo Pedercini of Carnegie Mellon University gave remotely to Indicade East 2014. It is hugely thought provoking in its interpretation of games as rationalizations of capitalism. I don’t agree, hewing to Jung’s view of games (see Talk 1) as a way of being in touch with our instinctive self. Of […]

Gaming’s Indie Explosion: Chris Charla

Gaming’s Indie Explosion: Chris Charla

This is a wonderful short video that serves a couple of related purposes in the context of the course: 1. It is a cool and inspirational history of games, especially indie games; and 2. In the context of all our discussion about the creative role of the gamer, it represents a powerful reminder of how […]

Week 3 – 9/17/14: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Roch Ripley

Week 3 – 9/17/14: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Roch Ripley

Here are the videos and slides. No big glitches this week – a short lag of a couple of seconds off the top. The good news is that we all stood where we were supposed to (except for Roch’s “drift” at the beginning of his talk 😉 jon               […]

News of the Week; September 17, 2014

GAMES 1. Bomb Threat Targeted Anita Sarkeesian, Gaming Awards Last March + FBI investigating death threats against Feminist Frequency creator Sarkeesian 2. Georgia Man Murdered for PS4 3. King Settles Lawsuit with 6Waves Over Game Clones 4. Davis v. EA Argued Before Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals + Legal Scholar: ‘Davis v. Electronic Arts’ Perfect for Supreme Court Review 5. Xbox Live Privacy […]

Video-Blog; News of the Week September 10, 2014

Video-Blog; News of the Week September 10, 2014

This week’s take: EA v. NFL. EA wins by a knock-out (how’s that for mixing metaphors). jon

Week 3 Guest Speaker: Roch Ripley of Gowlings

Roch Ripley is a great friend and co-author of the 2nd Edition of Video Game. He is a partner in Gowlings’ Vancouver office and is co-chair of their Technology Industry Group. He has been an Adjunct Professor in this course and has always been very supportive of its goals. He will be speaking to you […]

Week 2 – 9/10/14: “If Picasso had painted a round object…” & Brian Dartnell

Week 2 – 9/10/14: “If Picasso had painted a round object…” & Brian Dartnell

Here are slides and video from our second class.  Thanks to Brian Dartnell for giving us a terrific overview of his life as EA’s lawyer at EA. You may wonder what it is I am (symbolically) looking for in the picture below. Turns out the video of the class is missing – well, not exactly […]

News of the Week; September 10, 2014

GAMES 1. As The Mod Turns: The Latest In The Ongoing Minecraft ‘Bukkit’ Saga 2. Report: Microsoft in Talks to Buy Mojang for $2 Billion 3. Destiny day-one shipments top $500 million 4. Sega Takes Aim at Gearbox in Latest ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ Court Filing + Sega Also Has Copyright Complaints Against Hi Score Girl Manga 5. Pro Music Artists/Reps Force […]