Summary:

The Missing Chapter Project asks students to compose a supplementary chapter for Ian Bogost's How to Do Things with Videogames. Students' chapters will follow approximately the same format as the 20 main chapters in Bogost's book and meet the following parameters:

• At least 2,000 words
• At least two appropriate scholarly sources
• References and comments in endnotes
• Appropriate subject and title

Students' chapters should cover a subject not already specifically addressed in Bogost's book. We will read the book in class to familiarize ourselves with it. Chapters are due on December 10 as .pdf files attached to an email sent to the instructor.

Sample Chapters (from previous students):

• Humor
• Humor 2
• Management
• Morality

Deliverables:

• Design Plan (10 possible points)
• Chapter (80 possible points)
• Postmortem (10 possible points)

Resources:

• Game Studies (Video game scholarly journal)
• Games and Culture (Video game scholarly journal)
• Eludamos (Video game scholarly journal)
• Loading... (Video game scholarly journal)
• International Journal of Role-Playing (Video game scholarly journal)