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Курс от Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Начальный≈ 56.2 чАнглийский
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Dive into the world of video and computer games with our course designed to explore their social and psychological impacts, particularly in the Indian context. Taught by Humanities and Social Sciences experts, this course offers a humanistic perspective on gaming, delving into narrative structures, game rules, ethics, classifications, and themes. By the end, you'll be able to critique games aesthetically and structurally, understand their effects on players, and connect these insights to being an informed gamer or game developer. Ideal for those familiar with video games, this course prepares you to engage in thoughtful discussions and contribute to the gaming community with a broader, more informed perspective.

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Social ImpactGame DesignLive StreamingJournalismEthical Standards And ConductAestheticsEconomicsStorytellingPsychologyElectronic MediaCritical ThinkingEducation and TrainingVideo Game DevelopmentSocial SciencesLiberal ArtsMedia StrategyDigital Media StrategySystems ThinkingUser ExperienceCulture

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10 модулей · 286 учебных материалов

01History of Video Games42 материалов

Course Introduction

Course OverviewЧтениеMeet Your Instructor - Dr. Rayson K. AlexВидеоMeet Your Instructor - Dr. Pranesh BhargavaВидеоCourse Introductory VideoВидео

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Course Structure & Critical InformationЧтение

History of Video Games I

The First-Generation Video Games ВидеоRecommended Reading: The First-Generation Video GamesЧтениеThe Second-Generation Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: The Second-Generation Video GamesЧтениеEarly PC GamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Early PC GamingЧтение16-bit EraВидеоRecommended Reading: 16-bit Era ЧтениеHistory of Video Games IЗадание

History of Video Games II

The 3-D EraВидеоRecommended Reading: The 3-D EraЧтениеThe Sixth Generation ВидеоRecommended Reading: The Sixth GenerationЧтениеThe Seventh GenerationВидеоRecommended Reading: The Seventh GenerationЧтениеModern Console GamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Modern Console GamingЧтениеHistory of Video Games IIЗадание

Basics of Video Game and Video Game Studies

What is a Video Game?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is a Video Game?ЧтениеCritical Analysis of Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Critical Analysis of Video GamesЧтениеCritical Analysis of the Game, Fruit NinjaВидеоRecommended Reading: Multi-platform Games: Case Study - Fruit Ninja GameЧтениеIntroduction to Basic Gaming HardwareВидеоRecommended Reading: Introduction to Basic Gaming HardwareЧтениеBasics of Video Game and Video Game StudiesЗадание

Socio-Cultural-Political Relevance of Video Games

Video Game as CultureВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Game as Culture ЧтениеSociality of Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Sociality of Video GamesЧтениеAre Video Games Inherently Political?ВидеоRecommended Reading: Are Video Games Inherently Political?ЧтениеSocio-Cultural-Political Relevance of Video GamesЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Gaming Through TimeDIALOGUELet's Practice: History of Video GamesЗаданиеTest Yourself: History of Video GamesЗадание
02 Deconstructing Video Games38 материалов

Play and Game

Distinguishing Play from GameВидеоRecommended Reading: Distinguishing Play from GameЧтениеThe Logic of Play and GameВидеоRecommended Reading: The Logic of Play and GameЧтениеWhat is Gameplay?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is Gameplay?ЧтениеGame CulturesВидеоRecommended Reading: Game CulturesЧтениеPlay and GameЗадание

Ludo-Video Narratives

Early Perspectives on Video Game NarrativesВидеоRecommended Reading: Early Perspectives on Video Game NarrativesЧтениеDifferent Types of Game NarrativesВидеоRecommended Reading: Different Types of Game NarrativesЧтениеUnderstanding Procedural and Rhetoric NarrativesВидеоRecommended Reading: Understanding Procedural and Rhetoric NarrativesЧтение

Player Experience

Components of Player ExperienceВидеоRecommended Reading: Components of Player ExperienceЧтениеEvaluation of Player ExperienceВидеоRecommended Reading: Evaluation of Player ExperienceЧтениеPlayer Experience and PlayabilityВидеоRecommended Reading: Player Experience and PlayabilityЧтение

Aesthetics of Video Games

Visual Design of Video Game NarrativesВидеоRecommended Reading: Visual Design of Video Game NarrativesЧтениеVideo Game CharactersВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Game CharactersЧтениеAudio Aesthetics in Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Audio Aesthetics in Video GamesЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: Deconstructing Video GamesЗадание Test Yourself: Deconstructing Video GamesЗадание
03Themes of Video Games32 материалов

Gaming Communities, Values, and Ethics

Social Networking and Gaming CommunitiesВидеоRecommended Reading: Social Networking and Gaming CommunitiesЧтениеBuilding Networks Outside GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Building Networks Outside GamesЧтениеEthics: Video Games EffectsВидеоRecommended Reading: Ethics: Video Games EffectsЧтениеEthical Video Game DesignВидеоRecommended Reading: Ethical Video Game DesignЧтениеGaming Communities, Values, and EthicsЗадание

Violence and Video Games

A Brief History of Violence in Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: A Brief History of Violence in Video GamesЧтениеViolence: Television vs Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Violence: Television vs Video GamesЧтениеDo Video Games Have an Effect on Aggression?ВидеоRecommended Reading: Do Video Games Have an Effect on Aggression?Чтение

Gender and Sexuality in Video Games

Gendered Dynamics and the Silencing of Women's Ludic CultureВидеоRecommended Reading: Gendered Dynamics and the Silencing of Women's Ludic CultureЧтениеSubversion of Gender NormsВидеоRecommended Reading: Subversion of Gender NormsЧтениеQueerness in GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Queerness in GamesЧтение

Video Game Ecology

Green Media and Environmental Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Green Media and Environmental Video GamesЧтениеEnvironmental Storytelling in Video Game DesignВидеоRecommended Reading: Environmental Storytelling in Video Game DesignЧтениеVideo Game EcologyЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: Deconstructing Video GamesЗадание Test Yourself: Deconstructing Video GamesЗадание
04Puzzle, Drama, and Socio-Technical System of Video Games18 материалов

Puzzle Video Games

Defining Puzzle Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Defining Puzzle Video GamesЧтениеCategories of Challenges in Puzzle Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Categories of Challenges in Puzzle Video GamesЧтениеPuzzle Video GamesЗадание

Drama Based Video Games

Video Games as a PerformanceВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Games as a PerformanceЧтениеInteractive DramaВидеоRecommended Reading: Interactive DramaЧтениеDrama Based Video GamesЗадание

Socio-Technical Systems of Video Games

Socio-Technical Perspective of Online GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Socio-Technical Perspective of Online GamesЧтениеA Case-Study of ANT in Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: A Case-Study of ANT in Video GamesЧтениеSocio-Technical Systems of Video GamesЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Narrative and Systems AnalysisDIALOGUELet's Practice: Puzzle, Drama, and Socio-Technical System of Video GamesЗаданиеTest Yourself: Puzzle, Drama, and Socio-Technical System of Video GamesЗадание
05Social Impacts of Video Games17 материалов

Video Games and Education

Video Games as Educational ToolsВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Games as Educational ToolsЧтениеVideo Games for Physical EducationВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Games for Physical EducationЧтениеVideo Games and EducationЗадание

Video Games and Wellbeing

Virtual Worlds and Physical FitnessВидеоRecommended Reading: Virtual Worlds and Physical FitnessЧтениеVideo Games and HealthcareВидеоRecommended Reading: Video Games and HealthcareЧтениеVideo Games and WellbeingЗадание

The Downside of Video Games

Gaming AddictionВидеоRecommended Reading: Gaming AddictionЧтениеHarassment and Substance AbuseВидеоRecommended Reading: Harassment and Substance AbuseЧтениеThe Downside of Video GamesЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: Social Impacts of Video GamesЗаданиеTest Yourself: Social Impacts of Video GamesЗадание
06Psychology of Gaming32 материалов

Psychology of Play: Decoding Player Behaviour

Why Do Perfectly Normal People Become Raving Lunatics Online? Part-1ВидеоRecommended Reading: Why Do Perfectly Normal People Become Raving Lunatics Online? Part-1ЧтениеWhy Do Perfectly Normal People Become Raving Lunatics Online? Part-2ВидеоRecommended Reading: Why Do Perfectly Normal People Become Raving Lunatics Online? Part-2ЧтениеCheats, Hacks, and Strategy GuidesВидеоRecommended Reading: Cheats, Hacks, and Strategy GuidesЧтениеWhy Do People Cheat, Hack, and Peek at Strategy Guides?ВидеоRecommended Reading: Why Do People Cheat, Hack, and Peek at Strategy Guides?ЧтениеPsychology of Play: Decoding Player BehaviourЗадание

Psychology of the Gamer Brain: The Surprising Benefits of Video Games (Part-1)

Brain Plasticity and Attention in Video GamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Brain Plasticity and Attention in Video GamingЧтениеThe Role of Perception in Video Games - need to fixВидеоRecommended Reading: The Role of Perception in Video GamesЧтениеCognitive Load in Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Cognitive Load in Video GamesЧтение

Psychology of Gamer Brain: The Surprising Benefits of Video Games (Part-2)

Can Playing Video Games Be Beneficial?ВидеоRecommended Reading: Can Playing Video Games Be Beneficial?ЧтениеHealth and Social Benefits of Video GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Health and Social Benefits of Video GamesЧтениеImpact of Video Games on EducationВидеоRecommended Reading: Impact of Video Games on EducationЧтение

Psychology of Game Design: Making Games Compelling and Satisfying

Game User Experience - Part 1ВидеоRecommended Reading: Game User Experience - Part 1ЧтениеGame User Experience - Part 2ВидеоRecommended Reading: Game User Experience - Part 2ЧтениеGame User Experience - Part 3ВидеоRecommended Reading: Game User Experience - Part 3Чтение

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: Psychology of GamingЗаданиеTest Yourself: Psychology of GamingЗадание
07Video Games in Real Life: Serious Gaming and Gamification31 материалов

The Creation of Serious Games

Introduction to Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Introduction to Serious GamesЧтениеDefinition of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Definition of Serious GamesЧтениеCharacteristics of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Characteristics of Serious GamesЧтениеHistory and Evolution of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: History and Evolution of Serious GamesЧтениеThe Creation of Serious GamesЗадание

Serious Games: Types, Mechanics, and Elements

Types of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Types of Serious GamesЧтениеGame Mechanics of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Mechanics of Serious GamesЧтениеGame Elements of Serious GamesВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Elements of Serious GamesЧтение

Basics of Gamification

What is Gamification?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is Gamification?ЧтениеPrimary Elements of GamificationВидеоRecommended Reading: Primary Elements of GamificationЧтениеSecondary Elements of GamificationВидеоRecommended Reading: Secondary Elements of GamificationЧтение

Applications and Criticisms of Gamification

Application of GamificationВидеоRecommended Reading: Application of GamificationЧтениеCriticism of GamificationВидеоRecommended Reading: Criticism of GamificationЧтениеApplications and Criticisms of GamificationЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Games Beyond EntertainmentDIALOGUELet's Practice: Video Games in Real Life: Serious Gaming and GamificationЗаданиеTest Yourself: Video Games in Real Life: Serious Gaming and GamificationЗадание
08Game Journalism and Economics30 материалов

Game Journalism

Introduction to Video Game JournalismВидеоRecommended Reading: Introduction to Video Game JournalismЧтениеWhat Game Journalists Write About?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What Game Journalists Write About?ЧтениеGame Vs Other JournalismВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Vs Other JournalismЧтениеGame JournalismЗадание

Past and Future of Game Journalism

Brief History of Video Game JournalismВидеоRecommended Reading: Brief History of Video Game JournalismЧтениеTypes of Contemporary Game JournalistsВидеоRecommended Reading: Types of Contemporary Game JournalistsЧтениеGame Journalism Ethics and ChallengesВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Journalism Ethics and ChallengesЧтение

Video Game Economics

What is Game Economy Design?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is Game Economy Design?ЧтениеHow Game Economy Systems WorkВидеоRecommended Reading: How Game Economy Systems WorkЧтениеDesigning Game Economies that WorkВидеоRecommended Reading: Designing Game Economies that WorkЧтение

Game Monetisation

Game Monetisation ModelsВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Monetisation ModelsЧтениеGame Monetisation StrategiesВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Monetisation StrategiesЧтениеImportance of Game MonetisationВидеоRecommended Reading: Importance of Game MonetisationЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: Game Journalism and EconomicsЗаданиеTest Yourself: Game Journalism and EconomicsЗадание
09World of Esports23 материалов

Foundation of Esports

What is Esports?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is Esports?ЧтениеHistory of EsportsВидеоRecommended Reading: History of EsportsЧтениеGame Design in EsportsВидеоRecommended Reading: Game Design in EsportsЧтениеFoundation of EsportsЗадание

Athleticism and Management in Esports

The Esports Athlete: Skills, Training, and Professionalism ВидеоRecommended Reading: The Esports Athlete: Skills, Training, and ProfessionalismЧтениеBuilding and Managing Esports TeamsВидеоRecommended Reading: Building and Managing Esports TeamsЧтениеPhysical and Mental Challenges for Esport AthletesВидеоRecommended Reading: Physical and Mental Challenges for Esport AthletesЧтение

Structure and Challenges of Esports

Esports as SportsВидеоRecommended Reading: Esports as SportsЧтениеLeague Structures, Formats, and Major TournamentsВидеоRecommended Reading: League Structures, Formats, and Major TournamentsЧтение Challenges for Esports IndustryВидеоRecommended Reading: Challenges for Esports IndustryЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Let's Practice: World of EsportsЗаданиеTest Yourself: World of EsportsЗадание
10Video Game Live Streaming23 материалов

Introduction to Video Game Live Streaming

What is Video Game Live Streaming?ВидеоRecommended Reading: What is Video Game Live Streaming?ЧтениеImpact of Video Game Live StreamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Impact of Video Game Live StreamingЧтениеIntroduction to Video Game Live StreamingЗадание

Logistics of Video Game Live Streaming

Essentials for Live Streaming SetupВидеоRecommended Reading: Essentials for Live Streaming SetupЧтение Streaming Platforms and MonetisationВидеоRecommended Reading: Streaming Platforms and MonetisationЧтениеPitfalls of Live StreamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Pitfalls of Live StreamingЧтениеLogistics of Video Game Live StreamingЗадание

Present and Future of Video Game Live Streaming

Trends in Video Game Live StreamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Trends in Video Game Live StreamingЧтениеTrends and Challenges for Mobile GamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Trends and Challenges for Mobile GamingЧтение Impact of AI on GamingВидеоRecommended Reading: Impact of AI on GamingЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Gaming Industry FutureDIALOGUELet's Practice: Video Game Live StreamingЗаданиеTest Yourself: Video Game Live StreamingЗаданиеCourse SummaryЧтение
Ludology vs NarratologyВидео
Recommended Reading: Ludology vs NarratologyЧтение
Ludo-Video NarrativesЗадание
Aspects of PlayabilityВидео
Recommended Reading: Aspects of PlayabilityЧтение
Player ExperienceЗадание
Game Environment and World BuildingВидео
Recommended Reading: Game Environment and World BuildingЧтение
Aesthetics of Video GamesЗадание
The Appeal of Violence Among Adolescent Players Видео
Recommended Reading: The Appeal of Violence Among Adolescent PlayersЧтение
Violence and Video GamesЗадание
Gender and Sexuality in Video GamesЗадание
Psychology of the Gamer Brain: The Surprising Benefits of Video Games (Part-1)Задание
Psychology of Gamer Brain: The Surprising Benefits of Video Games (Part-2)Задание
Psychology of Game Design: Making Games Compelling and SatisfyingЗадание
Serious Games: Types, Mechanics, and ElementsЗадание
Basics of GamificationЗадание
Past and Future of Game JournalismЗадание
Video Game EconomicsЗадание
Game MonetisationЗадание
Athleticism and Management in EsportsЗадание
Structure and Challenges of EsportsЗадание
Present and Future of Video Game Live StreamingЗадание