{"id":1483,"date":"2024-10-07T19:14:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T19:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/?page_id=1483"},"modified":"2024-10-30T18:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T18:02:04","slug":"game-aesthetics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mycours.es\/playfultheory\/game-aesthetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Aesthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readings
\n<\/strong>Games as an Aesthetic Form from The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz (on canvas)
\nThe Squalid Grace of Flappy Bird<\/a> by Ian Bogost<\/p>\n

Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part. 1
\n<\/strong>Find a game from more than 10 years ago that intrigues you.
\nIt can be digital or analog, it can be a sport or a less formalized form of play.<\/p>\n

Research its history and the cultural context that created it.<\/p>\n

Part. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will have to present an aspect of the game that relates to your interests and practice.
\nIt can be a mechanic, a question it raises, something you find thematically rich or problematic.
\nTry to present something that “we” don\u2019t already know.<\/p>\n

Draft your presentation as an informally written text.<\/p>\n

Part 3:<\/strong>
\nCompile your finding in a Pecha Kucha slide presentation \u2013 20 slides 20 seconds each.
\nYou can also prepare a 6 min video and present over it. Teams of 1 or 2.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some historical research is recommended, playing the actual thing is required.<\/p>\n

You can\u00a0get an\u00a0emulator like openemu
\n<\/a>…and download ROMs from kinda sketchy sites like this
\n<\/a>Or\u00a0emulate\u00a0online from\u00a0archive in the section arcade<\/a>\u00a0or console<\/a><\/p>\n

You can capture game\u00a0footage with\u00a0OBS<\/a> or with the OS capture tools.<\/p>\n

The obscurity requirement is not super strict, just don’t pick a classic (pac-man, space invaders, mario, street fighter etc).<\/p>\n

Feel free to include visual material that is not the game itself (images of the cabinet, flyers<\/a>, related pop culture…).<\/p>\n

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