FTVMS 328

Video Games: Theory and Culture


Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for FTVMS 328.

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

Points

FTVMS 328: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television

Restrictions

FTVMS 212