Calendar

This course calendar is subject to change throughout the semester.

Date Due Today In Class Assignment for Next Time
8/25
• Course introduction
• Introduce Review Project
• Sign course contract
• Create Google Accounts (if you don't have one)
• Comment on Personal Introductions post
• Read the following video game reviews:
   • Shadow Complex: CNET Reviews
   • Shadow Complex: The Onion A.V. Club
   • Shadow Complex: Action Button.net
   • Madden NFL 11: Joystiq
   • Madden NFL 11: Ars Technica
   • Madden NFL 11: 1UP
   • Helsing's Fire: Touch Arcade
   • Helsing's Fire: IGN
   • Helsing's Fire: Pocket Gamer
• Read the front-page announcement "Traits of Effective Reading Responses"
• Complete Response #1
8/30 Response #1 • Discuss written reviews
• Construct Textual Review rubric
• Watch the following video game reviews:
   • Wii Sports Resort: IGN
   • Wii Sports Resort: GameSpot
   • Wii Sports Resort: Zero Punctuation
• Listen to the following video game review podcasts:
   • Video Game Reviews for Adults episode 6
   • Sarcastic Gamer Pink episode 75
   • One Guy One Game episode 1
• Complete Response #2
9/1 Response #2 Textual Review rubric vote
• Discuss recorded reviews
• Introduce Discussion Forums
• Complete Discussion Forum #1 form
9/6 Discussion Forum #1 form • Discuss Textual Review Design Plan
• Discuss Textual Review draft
Construct Recorded Review rubric
Discussion Forum
• Complete Textual Review Design Plan
• Compete Textual Review draft
9/8 Textual Review Design Plan
Textual Review draft
Grades sign up
• Textual Review draft workshop
• Complete Discussion Forum #2 form
9/13 Discussion Forum #2 form • Discuss Materials Analyses
• Discuss sharing Google Docs
• Complete Textual Review draft workshop
Discussion Forum
• Complete Textual Review
• Complete Textual Review Materials Analysis
9/15 Textual Review 
Textual Review Materials Analysis
• Discuss creating Recorded Reviews
   • Discuss making audio recordings
   • Discuss making video recordings
• Complete Recorded Review Design Plan
• Complete Recorded Review draft
9/20 Recorded Review Design Plan
Recorded Review draft
• Recorded Review draft workshop • Complete Discussion Forum #3 form
9/22 Discussion Forum #3 form • Discussion Forum #3 • Complete Recorded Review
• Complete Recorded Review Materials Analysis
9/27 Recorded Review
Recorded Review Materials Analysis
• Discuss Postmortem
• Introduce Pitch, Package, Promote Project
• Multiplayer activity
• Complete Postmortem
• Read The Ultimate Guide chap. 0-3
• Complete Response #3
9/29 Postmortem
Response #3
• Discuss The Ultimate Guide chap. 0-3 • Complete Discussion Forum #4 form
10/4 Discussion Forum #4 form Discussion Forum • Read The Ultimate Guide chap. 4-7
• Complete Response #4
10/6 Response #4 • Discuss One-Sheets
One-sheet activity
• Complete Discussion Fourm #5 form
10/11
University holiday: no classes • Read Who Killed Videogames? (A Ghost Story)
10/13 Discussion Forum #5 form • Return to one-sheet activity
• Discussion Forum #5
• Complete One-Sheet
10/18 One-Sheet Share One-Sheets
• Do pitches
Vote on topics
• Form groups
• Locate existing packaging materials (instruction manual, retail box jacket, game label)
• Begin Discussion Forum #6
10/20 • Existing packaging materials (instruction manual, retail box jacket, game label) Sample packaging materials analysis activity • Complete Packaging Materials Design Plan
• Complete Packaging Materials drafts 
10/25 Packaging Materials Design Plan
• Packaging Materials drafts 
Packaging Materials workshop • Complete Discussion Forum #6 form
10/27 Discussion Forum #6 form Discussion Forum #6 • Locate existing promotional materials (magazine ad and video ad)
11/1 • Existing promotional materials (magazine ad and video ad) • Sample promotional materials analysis activity • Complete Promotional Materials Design Plan
• Complete Promotional Materials drafts (magazine ad draft, video ad outline)
11/3 Promotional Materials Design Plan
• Promotional Materials drafts (magazine ad draft, video ad outline)
• Promotional Materials workshop • Complete Discussion Forum #7 form
11/8 Discussion Forum #7 form Discussion Forum #7 • Complete Packaging Materials second draft
• Complete Promotional Materials second draft 
11/10 • Packaging Materials second draft
• Promotional Materials second draft
• Discuss Packaging Materials Analysis
• Discuss Promotional Materials Analysis
• Discuss Pitch, Package, Promote Project Postmortem
• Create rubrics
• Complete Packaging Materials
• Complete Packaging Materials Analysis
• Complete Promotional Materials
• Complete Promotional Materials Analysis
• Complete Postmortem
11/15 • Packaging Materials
Packaging Materials Analysis
• Promotional Materials
Promotional Materials Analysis
Postmortem
• Introduce Discussion Forum #8
• Introduce Critical Analysis Essay
Play exercise
• Complete example critical essay assignment
11/17 Example critical essay assignment Play exercise option 1
Play exercise option 2
Play exercise option 3
Exercise form
• Discuss example critical essays
• Complete Discussion Forum #8 form
11/22 Discussion Forum #8 form • Discussion Forum #8
• Discuss example critical essays cont.
• Read “Developing Strong Arguments about Popular Culture” (from Signs of Life in the USA by Massik and Solomon)
• Read "Thesis Statements: How to Write Them in Academic Essays" by Jerz
• Read “Structuring Arguments” (from Everything’s an Argument by Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, and Walters)
• Read this excerpt from How to Write Term Papers and Reports by Baugh
• Complete Design Plan
11/24
University holiday: no classes
11/29 Design Plan • Introduce Online Portfolio
• Draft workshop
• Complete Discussion Forum #9 form
• Locate artifacts to include in Online Portfolio
12/1 Discussion Forum #9 form • Discussion Forum #9
• Online Portfolio workshop
• Complete Critical Analysis Essay draft
12/6 • Critical Analysis Essay draft • Discuss Postmortem
• Online Portfolio workshop
• Draft workshop
• Complete Critical Analysis Essay
• Complete Postmortem
• Complete Online Portfolio
12/12 Critical Analysis Essay
Postmortem
Online Portfolio
• All Side Quests due


Course Information

Writing and Video Games
ENG 496-022
MO 204
TR 11:00-12:15

Instructor Information

Dr. Jeremy Tirrell
tirrellj@uncw.edu
Office: MO 150
Office Hours: TR 9:00-11:00 (and by appointment)

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Available for Checkout

Nintendo Wii:
Boom Blox Bash Party
A Boy and His Blob
Cooking Mama
EA Sports Active
Guitar Hero III
Mad World
Mario Kart Wii
Metroid: Other M
Metroid Prime 3
Monster Hunter Tri
No More Heroes
Lego Star Wars
Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Vertigo
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Sports
Zack & Wiki

Xbox 360:
Assassin's Creed
Bioshock
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
The Chronicles of Riddick
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Dead Space
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
Lego Star Wars
Max Payne 2
The Orange Box (two copies)
Table Tennis

Hardware:
Xbox 360 memory card
2gb SD card
Video capture device

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