FTVMS 212

Video Games: Theory and Culture

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for FTVMS 212.

Description

A study of video games as a new media form situated in the broader context of media theory and history. Considers video gaming as an industry, as a leisure activity and as a site of aesthetic and narrative innovation. The course examines what makes video games a distinctive media form.

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

FTVMS 212: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110

Restrictions

FTVMS 328