ENGL 294
Introduction to Critical Game Studies
Fall 2022
Topics
- Critical game analysis
- Game mechanics and narrative
- Intersectional approaches to games
- Value-sensitive game design
- Ethical gameplay
- Feminist and queer approaches to play
Readings
- Ian Bogost — Gamification Is Bullshit
- Roger Caillois — Man, Play and Games
- Shira Chess — Play Like a Feminist
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
- Sebastian Deterding et al. — From Game Design Elements to Gamefulness
- Lindsay D. Grace — Doing Things with Games: Social Impact Through Play
- Mary Flanagan and Helen Nissenbaum — Values at Play in Digital Games
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2022