Tuesday, February 26
- In class
- Discussion of assigned works:
- Jason Nelson: “Game, Game, Game, and Again Game,” “Nothing You Have Done Deserves Such Praise” or “A Nervous System.”
- Christine Wilks: “Fitting the Pattern,” “Tailspin,” or “Inkubus.”
- Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern: “Façade.”
- Procedural Rhetoric: GOP Arcade, Grita.
- Discussion of assigned works:
- Assignment
- Install, read/play one work from each bullet listed below:
- One of Jason Edward Lewis and Bruno Nadeau’s PoEMM apps (iOS), one of Jörg Piringer’s App Poems (iOS), or #Carnivast by Dreaming Methods and Mez Breeze (Android).
- Pry by Tender Claws (iOS) or “How to Rob a Bank” by Alan Bigelow (cross-platform).
- Out There (cross-platform), Voyageur (iOS & Android), or Reigns (cross-platform).
- Write a post in our Facebook Group in which you discuss the three works you read, and talk about what the interactivity and/or procedural rhetoric (when applicable) contribute to each work. Post your responses before class on Thursday, February 28.
- Install, read/play one work from each bullet listed below:
Thursday, February 28
- In class:
- Discuss 3rd Generation interactive e-lit.
- Midterm Exam Review
- Assignment:
- Share your idea for the Major Assignment #1 as a comment on this Facebook post before the end of Friday, March 1.
- Study for the Midterm Exam (on Tuesday, March 5)
- Work on your Major Assignment #1 (due Thursday, March 7)