Description
Videogames have rapidly become not only one of the most significant forms of contemporary popular culture but also a chief form of creative expression. This subject introduces students to the broad spectrum and fundamental characteristics of videogames as art via critical analysis of form, style, narrative & genre. Videogame aesthetics are understood within their historical, technical and gameplay contexts.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | GAME12-300 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Society & Design |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
| Study abroad | Available to Study Abroad students |
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Learning outcomes
1. To identify formal elements of videogames.
2. To analyse the characteristics of narrative form, game styles and genres of a single game within the context of critical theory and aesthetics.
3. To undertake research projects in Game Studies.
4. To provide students with a theoretical framework for the operation and interpretation of game texts and the way this is influenced by artistic, historical, social, economic and technological elements.
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge required.
Subject outlines
Subject dates
| Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens | 18/03/2018 |
| Semester start | 14/05/2018 |
| Subject start | 14/05/2018 |
| Cancellation 1? | 28/05/2018 |
| Cancellation 2? | 04/06/2018 |
| Last enrolment | 27/05/2018 |
| Last withdrawal? | 08/06/2018 |
| Teaching census? | 08/06/2018 |