Interactive Environments - Syllabus





M Aug 25  Intro course, Intro requirements, Intro topics, researchers etc

W Aug 27 Topic Sign Up Day
How to do presentations.
M Sep 1 - Labor Day 
W Sep 3 Intro, History of Interactive EnvironmentsGame History (also check out the Gaming Resources List)
M Sep 8 Myron Krueger
computer art pioneers, video tracking, body as interface
Paul Visco (chair), Lyn Sladowski
W Sep 10 Structural and Formal Considerations in Videogames
genres, conventions, and issues in game design, Steven Poole
Steffan Delpiano (chair), Frank Conjerti, Ben Shepard
M Sep 15 Char Davies
VR, navigation/diving metaphor, fluid non cg imagery
Chris Outlaw (chair), Stew Chou
W Sep 17 John Carmack and the First Person Shooter
Quake, Doom, and id
Paul Costa (chair), Nick Mesler, Eric Karpie
M Sep 22 Bobick et al., Courchesne, ICT
Narrative, kids, avant guard, military, smart environments, VR, digital video
Howard Kim (chair), Frank Conjerti, Gregory Dean
W Sep 24 Game Narratives
Deus Ex, Warren Spector, and Morrowind
Shu-hui Kao (chair), Tristan Mayshark, Matt Hissong
M Sep 29 Brenda Laurel
VR narrative, games for girls, media activist
Steffan Delpiano (chair), Ben Shepard, Corrine Taylor
W Oct 1 Legal Challenges to Videogames
violence in games, FEPP, America's Army Operations, Postal, Grand Theft Auto
Liz Mazzotta (chair), Evan Colfer, Jesse Bourdon
M Oct 6 - Yom Kippur
W Oct 8 Special Topic - Using Games Engines/ModsBill Roeske, John Santore, Shawn Rider
M Oct 13 David Rokeby
Sensors, User as Interface, language, AI
Orkan Telhan (chair), David Hohusen, Elisabeth Koron
W Oct 15 Gender Issues in Videogames
Tomb Raider, Duke Nukem, DOA, Metroid
Paul Visco (chair), Erin Carroll, Corrine Taylor
M Oct 20 Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau
A-Life
Lisa Mazotta (chair), Nick Mesler, Nick Rao
W Oct 22 Fine Art Games
Natalie Bookchin, Ricardo Miranda Zuniga
Chris Outlaw (chair), David Hohusen, Ihwa Lin

M Oct 27 Bruce Blumberg
AI, synthetic creatures
Orkan Telhan (chair), Erin Carroll, Tristan Mayshark
W Oct 29 Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life in Games
Black and White, Peter Molyneaux, Seaman, Yoot Saito
Paul Costa (chair),Gregory Dean
M Nov 3 Masaki Fujihata
Shu-hui Kao (chair), Ihwa Lin 
W Nov 5 The Japanese Tradition
Shigeru Miyamoto, Hideo Kojima, Toru Iwatani, Nintendo, Sega, Sony
Lisa Mazzotta (chair), Lynn Sladowski, Steffan Delpiano
M Nov 10  Jeffrey Shaw
extended cinema, artist as technical innovator
Howard Kim (chair), Evan Colfer, Jesse Bourdon
W Nov 12 Alternate Reality Gaming
Majestic, Beast, Search4E
Orkan Telhan (chair), Nic Rao
M Nov 17 Sound Environments: The Brain Opera, The Augmented Composer, Intersection
Paul Visco (chair), Matt Hissong, Eric Karpie
W Nov 19 Special Pres Marc Bohlen and Paul Vanouse
M Nov 24 Game Culture
Dance Dance Revolution, All Your Base, Machinima, Cosplay
Howard Kim (chair), Stew Chyou

W Nov 26 - Thanksgiving
M Dec 1 TBA
W Dec 3 final presentation 1
M Dec 8 final presentation 2