Side Quests are optional course-related tasks that students may undertake for perks. Students may select one corresponding perk for each completed quest. Students can complete each Side Quest only once. The available Side Quests and corresponding perk choices are outlined below. Side Quests may be attempted at any point during the semester, but all Side Quests must be completed by Nov. 30.
| Side Quest |
Perk Options |
| Analyze an article from the latest issue of Game Studies, Games and Culture, Loading..., or The International Journal of Role Playing Games |
There in Spirit:
expunge one absence
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Do-Over:
replace one Response |
Rough Night:
replace one Engagement Assignment |
| Prepare a manuscript in response to this call for papers from the Game Studies journal |
Time Turner:
expunge two absences
|
Do-Over Do-Over:
replace two Responses |
I'M ENGAGED:
replace two Engagement Assignments |
| Select three games from three separate decades and discuss a thematic development running through them in a paper of approximately three pages |
Doppelgänger:
expunge three absences |
Second Crack:
revise and resubmit one Project or Design challenge |
Poster Child:
select one poster |
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