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Discussion Forum #6

In preparation for Discussion Forum #6, each student will participate in three sessions of network multiplayer gaming with one or more other people. This means that students must play with other people online in different physical locations. Students may play the same game during each session or different games. Students may play with the same people each session or different people (although I encourage students to play at least one session with strangers). Play may be cooperative or competitive.

After the three play sessions, each student must post a critical comment of approximately 500 words. Students must select games from the list below (most of which are available at Sharky's or available for check out from me) or independently find games with a network multiplayer component.

  • Call of Duty: World at War (check out from me)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (check out from me)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Sharky's)
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Sharky's)
  • Halo 3 (Sharky's)
  • Halo ODST (Sharky's)
  • Halo Reach (Sharky's)
  • Gears of War
  • Gears of War 2 (Sharky's)
  • Left 4 Dead (check out from me)
  • Left 4 Dead 2 (Sharky's)
  • Boom Blox Bash Party (check out from me)
  • Monster Hunter Tri (check out from me)
  • World of Warcraft
  • EVE Online
  • Words with Friends
  • Hanging with Friends
  • Conquer Club
  • zOMG!
  • Friends for Sale (Facebook)
  • YoVille (Facebook)
  • FarmVille (Facebook)
  • Mafia Wars (Facebook)

Submit your comment below after critically considering issues surrounding your network multiplayer experiences, such as:

  • How one or more of our readings inform your experiences
  • The differences among your various play sessions
  • How cooperative play and competitive play affect the social dynamic
  • How playing with strangers differs from playing with acquaintances
  • How network multiplayer play differs from local multiplayer play or individual play
  • The applicable issues of race, class, or gender in the games

The preceding prompts may help you focus your thoughts, but feel free to take your discussion in any productive direction you wish. I look forward to reading your work and discussing it in class.


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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