Introductions

nonlinearity, rhetoric, and forging connections

Syllabus

read carefully so you understand the expectations and protocols of ENC 3310

playing/writing, informing writing-->polished expository writing

Creating a wiki presence.

example:

Game/Algorithm/Score for N players: Wikidelic!

We seek the emergence of a wiki bent toward sharing and building on the fraught and vibratory analogy between (insert description of gaming experience here) and a simple blank page editable by anybody on the planet with a browser. A script grows here to be actualized.

Nathan makes a good point: not all games are structured by "levels." True, that! How do you imagine your writing/playing space?

group writing exercise on the art and science of transitions

or, "Billy D. Williams and the persuasive power of the non sequitur"

materials: paper, pencil. Next time: etherpad.

Week One Assignments: reading/writing/playing

Create a new page that can serve as your wiki hub/home base/nook. Wherever you write, link all these pages (including responses that you post on pages initiated by one of your peers) to your hub.

1. Read Bogost Chapter 1/Wild Card Blog: write what you like, but connect it to an insight, idea, or example from chapter one of Persuasive Gaming. For this assignment, let's put post all of our responses in two places:

a) at our own hubs

b) on this page Procedural Rhetoric Mixmaster Blog

2. who are you?

Introduction to narrative. Follow the link feel free to free-form or use another template besides "Who are You?", but please do elaborate on your interests as they pertain to game culture and related topics .

License Arguments

Intellectual property/commons: what's at stake? Follow the steps in the creative commons web site, and select a license. If you get stuck, post your questions to the Help Page in the SideBar.

Link Pile - we went through the links I compiled to get an idea...for this simple assignment, simply create a "link pile" on your page, AND post those links, with brief descriptions, on