Class Video & Notes

Week 7 – 10/15/14: “What’s it all about…EULA?” & Don McGowan

Week 7 – 10/15/14: “What’s it all about…EULA?” & Don McGowan

Thanks to Don McGowan of The Pokemon Company for coming up from Seattle and braving a very long wait getting through the tunnel on his way back. The fears around whether Don was mic’d or no proved somewhat exaggerated, though not completely so. The microphone worked fine through most of Don’s talk but then turned […]

Week 6 – 10/8/14: “Frictions &  Fictions: Ten Cases-Ten Clauses-Ten Contexts” & Mavis Dixon

Week 6 – 10/8/14: “Frictions & Fictions: Ten Cases-Ten Clauses-Ten Contexts” & Mavis Dixon

Here are video and slides. jon                          

Week 5 – 10/1/14: “Creators, Consumers and Users” & David Spratley

Week 5 – 10/1/14: “Creators, Consumers and Users” & David Spratley

This weeks slides and videos just in case you really want to hear more about post-structuralism. 😉 Thanks again to Dave Spratley for his talk focussing on trademark law and games. jon                                      

Week 4 – 9/24/14: “Right to CreaTE or Rights to the Creation” & Ian Verchere

Week 4 – 9/24/14: “Right to CreaTE or Rights to the Creation” & Ian Verchere

Here are the videos and my  slides from the fourth class. Unfortunately we had a tech glitch whereby Ian’s slides didn’t make it into the Mediasite lecture capture video. jon        

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               […]

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