Class Video & Notes

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 […]

Week 1 – 9/3/14: “Introduction”

Week 1 – 9/3/14: “Introduction”

Here are the slides and most of the video from our first class. Unfortunately the first 18 seconds of audio has somehow disappeared but that is hardly a deal breaker. Will get the Youtube version up as soon as possible. Just a couple of “back-end” challenges. jon

Week 12 – 11/27/13: “Ethics & Games” & Brian Dartnell

Week 12 – 11/27/13: “Ethics & Games” & Brian Dartnell

Brian and my PowerPoint slides below. Afraid video is only of me.   jon

Week 11 – 11/20/13: “Controlling the Controllers” & Sheridan Scott

Week 11 – 11/20/13: “Controlling the Controllers” & Sheridan Scott

My slides and video of both presentations below. As always apologies that the capture system has to cut off ten minutes before the class ends so it can be ready to go in advance of the next class. On the positive front looks like the ghost in the machine causing the 20 second audio blackout […]

Week 10 – 11/13/13: “Mass Effect-s” & Dr. Kimberly Voll

Week 10 – 11/13/13: “Mass Effect-s” & Dr. Kimberly Voll

Fascinating, provocative and challenging class covering violence and sexism in games, as well as sexism in the games industry.   jon

Week 9 – 11/6/13: “Controlling Originality” & Andy Moore

Week 9 – 11/6/13: “Controlling Originality” & Andy Moore

It’s all here. Sorry for system mandated video cut off at the end. And for the fact that the way we connected Andy’s slides into the system through a secondary didn’t allow the video system to pick them up so you will have to download them and advance manually.   jon

Week 8 – 10/30/13: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Jennifer Kelly

Week 8 – 10/30/13: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Jennifer Kelly

The mysterious “missing first 20 seconds of audio” bug has made an unscheduled reappearance right at the front end. Apologies to Jennifer for a slightly over aggressive edit at the end. Since Jennifer was remote and our system only picked up her slides in class, you will have to download her slides and advance them […]

Week 7 – 10/23/13: “What’s it all about…Beta?” & Anoop Desai

Week 7 – 10/23/13: “What’s it all about…Beta?” & Anoop Desai

The video of Anoop’s great guest appearance is not included, but his slides (& mine) are available below.     jon

Week 6 – 10/16/13: “Ten Cases – Ten Clauses – Ten Contexts” & Roch Ripley Part 2

Week 6 – 10/16/13: “Ten Cases – Ten Clauses – Ten Contexts” & Roch Ripley Part 2

Here are the slides and video of the class. Note especially Roch Ripley’s trenchant and useful critique of the first part of the course as embodied in my previous slides. That said – “Switzerland”…really?   jon

Week 5 – 10/9/13: “Creators, Consumers & Users” & Ian Verchere

Week 5 – 10/9/13: “Creators, Consumers & Users” & Ian Verchere

The focus of Week 5 was an amazing guest stint from Ian Verchere “Taking Games Literally: Games As Semiotic Domain”. Unfortunately Ian’s slides don’t show up in the Mediasite versions (probably because they were so video heavy). However a lite version of those slides can be found below the videos.   jon